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Why Crime Declined In Dallas While Rising Almost Everywhere Else

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Michael Shellenberger
Feb 06, 2022
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and Police Chief Eddie Garcia (Photo Credit: R.J. Hinkle for NY Post)
This article originally appeared in The New York Post.

Over the last two years, crime has swept the US.

Two-thirds of America’s largest cities saw even more homicides in 2021 than in 2020, with killings rising in New York from 468 to 485, in Chicago from 771 to 797, and in Houston from 400 to 467. More than 13 big cities — including Philadelphia, Austin, and Portland — set all-time records for homicides in 2021.

But one big city — Dallas — has bucked the national trend. From 2020 to 2021, homicides in the Lone Star metropolis have dropped from 254 to 220, and violent crime has nosedived by 12 percent since May last year. 

How did Dallas do it?

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