The FBI’s latest statistics show violent crime dropped in the US last year — but the data fails to account for thousands of places, including in big cities like New York and Los Angeles.
Experts say the data, released as part of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report on Wednesday, has some glaring holes due to an “overwhelming” lack of participation by police.
Nearly 40% of all law enforcement agencies — including in the nation’s two largest cities — failed to submit any data to the feds, who reported that violent crimes ticked down by about 1% across the country
The data.. or lack of.
