Despite the role that crime is playing in our local and state elections while headed into the 2022 midterms, city level data actually tells story of fewer murders compared to this point in 2021 in many major cities across the US.

While the largest 5 cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston all had fewer murders in 2022 than in 2021, murders in Phoenix (the 6th largest city) are up 25%.

This data was pulled from AH Datalytics on 2022-10-31, but last update time by individual police departments my vary.