The Department of Justice announced a decrease in violent crime in communities across the country in 2023 compared to the prior year, including an over 13% decline in homicides.
The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the release of the FBI Quarterly Uniform Crime Report:
“In May 2021, the Justice Department launched our violent crime reduction strategy aimed at addressing the spike in violent crime that occurred during the pandemic,” said Garland.
“Since then, our prosecutors, agents, and grantmaking experts have worked in close partnership with police departments and communities across the country to go after the recidivists and gangs that are responsible for the greatest violence, to seize illegal guns and deadly drugs; to make critical investments in hiring more law enforcement officers; and to fund evidence-based, community violence intervention initiatives.