Half of US homicides go unsolved, ranking last among Western nations

TThe clearance rate is homicides In the United States In 2020, the rate of murder clearance fell to 50%. This continues a declining trend that has plagued America for 40 years. America is now ranked last in the world for its murder rate.

Thomas Hargrove, the founder of The Murder Accountability Project, stated that the murder rate has declined from 71% in 1980 down to almost 50% in 2020. America is now the only developed country where the majority of homicides remain unsolved.

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Hargrove stated that there are European countries which solve more than 70% of their murders. “rates that we haven’t seen for a long time in this country.”

“Frankly, we’re last among developed nations,” Hargrove said that the Washington Examiner. “And we’re a bit of sore thumb. We stick out. We are underperforming compared to what most Western democracies are performing.”

Separately, the Marshall Project and Murder Accountability Project analysed FBI data to determine that nearly half of all murders in the United States remained unsolved between 2020 and 2021. Both years saw an unprecedented increase in the number of homicides.

There are many ways to get rid of homicide. according The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting. A murder case can be closed or cleared by law enforcement agencies through arrests or through the use of a computerized system. “exceptional means.”

A case that involves homicide must have at least one arrestee, be charged and then turned in to the court. Sometimes circumstances make it impossible for police to arrest or charge an offender. A case can only be closed by exceptional methods if the agency can identify the offender and collect evidence supporting an arrest/charge.

In 2019, 45.5% of violent crimes — which can include homicide, rape, sexual assault, robbery, and assault — and 17.2% of property crimes were cleared, per the FBI. In 2019 61.4% of cases were resolved for homicide offences.

Violent crimes slightly declined According to a Council on Criminal Justice report, 35 cities were identified as having high criminal rates for 2022. A report from the Council on Criminal Justice found that there were 35 cities with high crime rates in 2022. Signs showing 2023 could look similar.