Murders in the United States were down 11.6% in 2023, according to statistics released by the FBI Monday morning.
The murder rate went down from 6.2 per 100,000 people in 2022 to 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2023.
Violent crime, which is one of the top issues for voters in the presidential election, as a whole was down 3% from 2022 to 2023, according to the FBI.
An FBI official said the drop in murders represents the “largest drop” since the agency has been collecting data, the agency said in a call with reporters on Monday.
“An estimated 1,218,467 violent crime offenses were committed in 2023, indicating a rate of 363.8 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, down from the 2022 offense rate of 377.1 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants,” the Uniform Crime Reporting Program report released on Monday said.
Jeff Asher, a former CIA data analyst told ABC News murder fell at it’s fastest pace.