FBI’s Stealth Revisions: The 2022 Crime Numbers They Don’t Want You to Notice
When the FBI first released its 2022 crime data back in September 2023, they proudly reported a 2.1% drop in violent crime. It was a neat, tidy statistic that quickly became a key talking point for the Democratic Party, eager to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime. But fast forward, and the narrative has quietly changed. The FBI has revised those numbers, and now, instead of a decrease, we see a 4.5% increase in violent crime for 2022. No press release, no headline, just a stealth update—thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and assaults added to the books without much fanfare.
This revision isn’t just a minor correction; it fundamentally shifts the story the FBI and media were telling us. But if you look at mainstream coverage, like USA Today’s recent headline from late September, you wouldn’t know it: “Violent crime dropped for third straight year in 2023, including murder and rape.” That headline dropped three weeks after the FBI revised their 2022 data. The revised data hasn’t made its way into the narrative—and that seems just fine to the FBI.
Take a look at the updated figures:
- 1,699 more murders
- 7,780 more rapes
- 33,459 more robberies
- 37,091 more aggravated assaults
These are not small tweaks—they’re significant. Experts like Carl Moody and Dr. Thomas M
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