India, Jan. 23 -- A new report shows that the murder rate across the United States' biggest cities plummeted last year to its lowest level since at least 1900, marking the biggest one-year drop in recorded history.
In addition to the historic drop in murders last year, the nation experienced steep declines in rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, shooting deaths, on-duty law enforcement officer deaths, traffic fatalities, and overdose deaths, according to the White House.
This data is based on an updated U.S. crime trends reports by the Council on Criminal Justice, after examining yearly and monthly rates of 13 violent, property, and drug offenses reported to police in 40 large American cities.
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