Murders are down 82 percent in Boston, 37 percent in Philadelphia, 33 percent in Miami, 27 percent in Dallas, 25 percent in both DC and Houston, 15 percent in New York, and 6 percent in Chicago as of varying dates in April 2024 compared with same periods in 2023, Axios reports.
Los Angeles and Atlanta did see increases of 9 and 15 percent, respectively, but overall the trend is going in the right direction and since this can’t be divorced from the political context, Axios notes that Dems are “seeing signs that they are closing the gap with the GOP among voters who say which party is better at fighting crime. An Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll conducted in partnership with Noticias Telemundo and released this month found that Republicans had only a 4-point edge on which party was better at dealing with crime. Previous polls had them leading Democrats by double digits,” even though this shouldn’t really be a national or presidential election issue.