Leonard Sipes

Per FBI, cybercrimes have almost doubled: $37 billion in losses since 2019

03.31.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

There have been 37 billion dollars in cybercrime losses since 2019. These crimes cost Americans far more financially and emotionally than street crimes or burglaries-larcenies.
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Do you trust the numbers? FBI claims crime decreased in 2023 - after a report released in record time

03.31.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

The FBI just released a preliminary full-year crime report for 2023 in record time. Throughout decades of FBI crime data, the release of full-year data has never happened this early.
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There are growing concerns about violence despite FBI statistics - so who is right?

03.27.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

The President and others insist that violent crime has decreased considerably. Yet data, citizens, and recent media reports say the opposite. Who’s right?
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Arrests by age: Juveniles have the highest categories for most violent crimes

03.19.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

The latest report from the FBI shows arrests by age. Juvenile arrests are astoundingly high. The number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the highest it’s been in more than two decades.
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When are we most vulnerable? Here's a breakdown of violent and property crimes by month.

03.17.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

Data for the most prominent months for violent and property crimes are available. Times that most crimes occur are also offered.
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So it’s impossible to have an honest conversation about crime?

03.16.24 | Leonard Sipes Opinion

Are we at the point when writing factually about crime becomes impossible? This is the first of a three-part series on the use of crime statistics and research.
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Biden claims that crime decreased considerably, but did it?

03.13.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

Biden firmly states that crime went down considerably in 2022 based on the most recent yearly crime reports. He suggests that crime went down in cities. Is he correct?
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Males are arrested far more than females - yet the number of women in prison is skyrocketing

03.02.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

We’ve been looking at data from the FBI for 2022 (the latest yearly numbers) examining an array of crime topics. The final three include arrests by race, age, and sex.
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The raw truth: How many Americans are victimized by violent and property crime yearly?

02.26.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

This article is based on the number of crime victims regardless of how many times they were victimized (repeat victimization). If a woman is violently victimized by her husband five times, it’s not one victim but five separate victimizations.
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Analysis: Is the FBI really telling America the truth about 'reported crime data'?

02.20.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

If you’re interested in yearly national “reported” crime data from the FBI, and how it’s produced, and what affects the numbers, this article is for you.
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Report: 77% say their interaction with police was a positive experience

02.14.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which almost seems almost impossible considering the nature of the job.
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Crime victims by age: The real data shows those 50 and above have surprisingly high numbers

02.11.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

We may want to rethink our traditional assessment of older individuals as being safe from violent and property crimes. Those in the 50-65 and above groups have disturbingly high numbers.
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FBI claims that crime dropped in 2023. Is there truth in that?

02.07.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

It’s important to recognize that there are dozens of cities reporting increases in major categories of violent crime in 2023 with many reporting increases in homicides, some with considerable gains.
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What causes murders and aggravated assaults? And what are the REAL numbers involve crime in America?

02.03.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

What is the most likely indicator of a violent incident turning into a murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, or aggravated assault?
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The crimes that are solved and cleared by arrest are declining - but why?

01.29.24 | Leonard Sipes Analysis

Maybe it’s time to understand that we ask too much from too few and provide the resources cops need to solve crimes.
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