Murder is down about 12 percent year-to-date in more than 90 cit

Wildwood Crest - Murder is down about 12 percent year-to-date in more than 90 cities that have released data for 2023, compared with data as of the same date in 2022. If the trend holds, it will be "the largest decline ever recorded. It would also be the first time ever the murder rate declined by double digits in a single year. The murder rate had greatly increased in the dystopian Trump years.