The following article by Clare Malone and Jeff Asher was posted on the FiveThirtyEight.com website October 27, 2017:
Every year, the FBI releases a report that is considered the gold standard for tracking crime statistics in the United States: the Crime in the United Statesreport, a collection of crime statistics gathered from over 18,000 law-enforcement agencies in cities around the country. But according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight, the 2016 Crime in the United States report — the first released under President Trump’s administration — contains close to 70 percent fewer data tables1 than the 2015 version did, a removal that could affect analysts’ understanding of crime trends in the country. The removal comes after consecutive years in which violent crime rosenationally, and it limits access to high-quality crime data that could help inform solutions. Continue reading “The First FBI Crime Report Issued Under Trump Is Missing A Ton Of Info”