There&#x27;s lots of ways to read the numbers.  Total murders is about the same as the high in the 60s, ~14k, but instead of 200 million people, we have well over 300 million[1].  That&#x27;s over a 33% drop in per-capita murders.<p>1: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.disastercenter.com&#x2F;crime&#x2F;uscrime.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.disastercenter.com&#x2F;crime&#x2F;uscrime.htm</a>