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A New York Police Department ambulance is parked on the right, with an officer on a motorcycle behind it. A officer's chest is out of focus in the foreground on the left.
Closing Argument October 8
The Problem With The FBI’s Missing Crime Data
Many police departments have not adopted the feds’ new reporting system, muddling the picture about national crime trends.
By Weihua Li and Jamiles Lartey
Analysis August 15
See If Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI
There are growing gaps in U.S. crime stats. Use our tables to check on your state and local agencies.
By Weihua Li, Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and David Eads
Analysis January 12
As Murders Spiked, Police Solved About Half in 2020
The U.S. homicide clearance rate is at a historic low. Here’s what that means.
By Weihua Li and Jamiles Lartey
News September 25, 2020
Is Violent Crime Rising In Cities Like Trump Says? Well, It’s Complicated.
Trump speaks of "anarchy and mayhem" in cities. Here's what the data really shows.
By Weihua Li
Police in rural Warren County, Kentucky, arrested a man and destroyed a tank that transported anhydrous ammonia for use in making methamphetamine, a crime that is classified as “violent” on second offense and can carry a prison term of 20 to 50 years.
Analysis April 3, 2019
When “Violent Offenders” Commit Nonviolent Crimes
Embezzlement and selling drugs near a school are among the offenses some states classify as violent.
By Eli Hager
Shattered glass from a vehicle near the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco in December.
The California Experiment December 20, 2018
The Great California Prison Experiment
Crime is up. The mystery is why.
By Abbie VanSickle and Manuel Villa
Life Inside June 21, 2018
I Survived a Violent Crime, Then the Justice System Let Me Down
"I was made to feel like a second-class victim."
By Patricia Wenskunas, as told to Eli Hager
A man walks past a corner where a victim of a shooting was discovered in Baltimore in 2015.
News July 27, 2017
Can Sex Sell Peace?
An adman thinks it can help.
By Justin George
Feature January 14, 2016
Republican Candidates on Criminal Justice: A Primer
Their sixth debate is in Charleston, a city still recovering from last year’s church killings.
By The Marshall Project
Commentary January 11, 2016
A Most Violent Year
What the left and right got wrong about crime in 2015.
By Thomas P. Abt
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