@Humpleupagus @NitroDubs @Paultron @sickburnbro It depends on what they're measuring. PDs report the number of crimes reported, arrests, cases open vs cases closed. The FBI consolidates the numbers, but also have metrics around types that mismatch what local PDs have. So it might be possible they're going off of cases open, which could be down if nobody collects them or treats them as viable cases; plus an FBI filter that curbs it to specific categories. I haven't looked into the recent numbers, but there's also usually a 1-2 year lag publishing them. No way do they have accurate numbers for all 3 years right now, I bet there's estimation hidden in that chart.