10 people injured at KC Super Bowl Parade

[GMDino]

Crime did indeed see a spike in 2020.

But it was also rising in 2019.  And had leveled off since then. And is decreasing now.

https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend



https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/us-crime-rates-and-trends-analysis-fbi-crime-statistics




*SOME* crimes are rising, but overall violent crime is down.

https://www.statista.com/chart/31063/violent-and-other-crime-rates-us/



It's possible that ones opinion of crime rising is based more on location bias as certain areas, particularly in the west have seen a rise where other areas of the country have not.

Again: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/us-crime-rates-and-trends-analysis-fbi-crime-statistics





That's not to say that the people affected by violent crimes are wrong to say there should be harsh penalties for the convicted criminals, especially repeat offenders.  I'm just pointing out that whatever "changed" crime is headed back down again for the most part.