Murders, Rapes Rose in 2021, FBI Data Show

Murders and rapes rose across the country in 2021, according to FBI data released on Wednesday.

The FBI found homicides and rapes were up 4 percent last year, following a nearly 30 percent increase in 2020. The actual murder rate is likely higher, since around half of police departments—including the Los Angeles Police Department and the New York Police Department—did not submit crime data.

The overall violent crime rate decreased slightly by 1 percent, due to a 9 percent drop in robberies, the FBI also found.

Eighty percent of U.S. adults are worried about crime, according to an April Gallup poll. The concern is galvanizing voters nationwide to oust Democrats who embraced the "defund the police" movement. Half a dozen Democratic candidates failed to gain traction in primaries for their soft-on-crime agendas, the Washington Free Beacon reported.