Five Facts About Violent Crime in US Cities 

* 50% of the murders committed in the US each year are committed by African Americans.

* About 50% of those are committed by Black men between the ages of 16 and 30. In other words, 50% of the murders committed in the US each year are committed by less than 5% of the total population.

* If you include Hispanics in these calculations, the percentage increases to about 65%.

* More than 90% of Black and Brown people killed in US cities are killed by other Black and Brown people.

* In large US cities, more than 80% of murders, rapes, and other violent crimes are committed in Black and Brown neighborhoods.

Conclusion: The vast majority (more than 80%) of murders, rapes, and other violent crimes committed in large US cities each year are committed outside the purview of visitors and miles away from the residences of the people that run the cities and the wealthy city dwellers that voted them in.

(Sources: the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program and the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey)