The Urban Crime Spike Is Real - WSJ

A national victimization survey confirms Trump’s claim that U.S. cities have grown more dangerous. -Jeffrey H. Anderson

• President Trump says crime is rampant in U.S. cities, while his critics assert that it is under control and dropping. 

Mr. Trump has sent National Guardsmen to select cities to fight crime, while an Associated Press report asserts that the president’s “rhetoric” mirrors that of “conservatives going back decades who have denounced cities, especially those with majority nonwhite populations or led by progressives, as lawless or crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention.”

• So, have our cities become crime-ridden and unpleasant, or are they safe and livable?

Newly released results from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey go a long way toward answering those questions. 

• The survey finds that the rate of violent crime in urban areas increased by 61% from 2019 to 2024.
• That crime spike was found only in cities...