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Record Low Crime Rates Are Real, Not Just Reporting Bias Or Improved Medical Care

3 Quarks Daily2/18/2026

Summary

Last year, the US may have recorded the lowest murder rate in its 250-year history. Other crimes are at least at ~50-year lows, according to Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten. The post aims to establish that crime rates are historically low and argues against the notion that this is due to reporting bias or improved medical care.

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