InSight Crime analyzes organized crime dynamics driving homicide rates in Latin American and the Caribbean in our annual homicide round-up.

President Donald Trump has said multiple cities could face federal action to deal with their violent crime, after he declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C. Newsweek has produced a map ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Amid the national debates over urban crime, an analysis by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer examined the disparities between Cleveland and its surrounding suburbs. Using FBI and ...

U.S. homicide rates surged to 7.3 per 100,000 between 2020 and 2023 compared to the 5.6 average from 2014 to 2019. Firearms accounted for 80% of reported U.S. homicides in 2023 compared to 68% in 2014 ...

One of the most predictable clichés in journalism is "if it bleeds, it leads"—the idea that media have a bias for salacious, grisly stories. Like many stereotypes, it's very much based in truth, which ...