The head of one of Britain’s biggest police forces has said crime figures are being distorted by the necessity of recording petty disputes between neighbours or members of the same family. Sir David Thompson, chief constable of West Midlands Police, told The Times of London that trivial arguments were being recorded as crimes following an order…

The murder wave that swept over big cities and small towns since the beginning of the pandemic continued across the United States through 2021, according to crime data. But Dallas, the nation’s 9th largest city, bucked the trend. In Los Angeles, murders jumped 12 percent compared to 2020. Chicago saw more than 800 murders in…