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Homicide rate rose 29.4% in record 2020 increase, new FBI report shows

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The homicide rate was up a record 29.4% in 2020 over 2019, FBI figures released Monday show.
Sept.27 (UPI) — The homicide rate was up a record 29.4% in 2020 over 2019, FBI figures released Monday show. The 29.4% increase marks the largest single-year increase the agency has recorded since it began tracking the data in the 1960s, according to CNN. The FBI released the figures Monday as part of the annual Uniform Crime Report for 2020. There were more than 21,500 reported homicides last year, according to the figures. The total number of homicides was the highest its been since the mid-1990s, CNN noted. Still, the homicide rate at 6.5 per 100,000 people was about 40% below the peak in the 1980s and the 1990s, the FBI’s data show.

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