The FBI’s crime data for 2021 is missing figures from roughly 40% of state and local law enforcement agencies across the country, leading many to incorrectly speculate that it’s difficult to draw conclusions about nationwide crime trends, according to a crime expert.
The gap created by more than 7,000 law enforcement agencies failing to report crime data to the FBI includes the U.S.’s two most populated cities, New York City and Los Angeles, as well as most law-enforcement agencies from California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania, according to The Marshall Project, who authored a report on the missing data released Tuesday.
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