China News Service, September 28th, according to the American Overseas Chinese News Network, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released the latest data on the nationwide crime rate on Monday (27th).

The results show that since the official establishment of relevant records in 1960, the annual growth rate of homicides in the United States from 2019 to 2020 is the highest in history, and the number of homicides in some cities broke new highs.

　　According to reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post, the FBI reports the previous year's national crime data every September, and the data for 2021 has not yet been fully released.

The 2020 report released this time integrates the statistical data of nearly 16,000 law enforcement agencies.

　　Overall, despite the decline in major crimes across the United States, the number of homicides in 2020 has increased by 4901 over the previous year, and this significant increase is roughly in line with the 18-month timeline of the new crown epidemic.

　　Over time, the trend of higher murder rates continued until 2021, but the growth rate of the number of cases slowed down.

　　According to statistics, in 2020, about 21,500 people in the United States will die from murder. Although this figure is far lower than the record during the violent and turbulent period in the early 1990s, the numbers in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Iowa Murders in several cities including Des Moines, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Memphis, Tennessee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Syracuse, New York, have reached record highs.

　　The report also shows that, compared to the past, murders are more common in regions, not confined to big cities.

　　New Orleans crime analyst Jeff Asher said that in 1990, homicides in New York and Los Angeles accounted for 13.8% of all homicides in the United States, compared with 3.8% in 2020.

And compared with 2020, the number of homicides in cities across the United States in 2021 has been counted, and the number of homicides in 87 cities has increased by about 10%.

　　In addition, Asher pointed out that about 77% of the homicides reported in 2020 were caused by guns, which is the highest rate ever and higher than 67% 10 years ago.

　　The report also breaks down the 2020 murder victims by ethnicity and gender.

Of the 2020 death toll, at least 9,913 people are of African descent, 7,029 people are white, 497 people are from other races, and 315 people are of unknown race.

By gender, there are at least 14,100 men and 3,573 women among the victims.

　　The sharp increase in the national crime rate in 2020 can be attributed to a variety of key factors, including the economic and social losses caused by the new crown epidemic and the sharp increase in gun purchases.

　　Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina (Harold Medina) said: "The current situation is very tense." He said that the new crown epidemic, the follow-up impact of social justice protests and other factors have contributed to the breeding of violence.

He said: "We can list more than one reason."

　　According to FBI data, in view of people staying at home longer during the epidemic, the number of burglary and other types of cases has declined in 2020.

The overall incidence of serious cases has dropped by about 5%.