The clearance rate for homicides in the United States in 2020 dipped to around 50%, continuing a downward trend that has plagued the country for the last 40 years. America now ranks last among Western nations for murder clearance rates.
The rate at which murders are solved decreased from 71% in 1980 to an all-time low of almost 50% in 2020, making America the first developed nation where most homicides go unsolved, according to Thomas Hargrove, founder of the Murder Accountability Project.Hargrove said there are countries in Europe solving more than 70% of their homicides,"rates that we haven't seen for a long time in this country.
Clearing a homicide can come in several ways, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting. Law enforcement agencies can clear or close a murder case by arrest or through"exceptional means." Violent crimes slightly declined across 35 cities known for high crime rates in 2022, per a report from the Council on Criminal Justice. The amount of less-deadly infractions, such as vehicle theft and property crimes, spiked, with signs showing 2023 might look similar.
Homicides of young black and Latino men are the most likely to be left unsolved compared to other demographics, David Bjerk, an economics professor at Claremont McKenna College, told the Guardian. His study, published in 2022, determined that the clearance rate for minority men was 15 to 30 percentage points lower than any other racial demographic.
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