What Went Right This Week: The Good News That Matters

What Went Right This Week: The Good News That Matters
What Went Right This Week: The Good News That Matters Crime plummeted in the US, England turned the tide for struggling species, and levitating trains were mooted for a comeback, plus more good news This week’s good news roundup The US murder rate plummeted Figures released by the FBI suggest that the US murder rate saw its sharpest ever fall in 2024, dropping by 14.9% – eclipsing even 2023’s substantial 10% decline.  Overall, violent crime was down by 4.4%, reaching levels not seen since the 1960s, according to Jeff Asher, who crunches crime data for the Real-Time Crime Index. Property crime, meanwhile, saw the largest year-on-year decline on record.  “America’s crime trends in 2024 were remarkably positive with an enormous decline in murder, a continued small but steady decline in violent crime, and a sizable decline in motor vehicle theft,” said Asher, who reckons that 2025 is on-track to be safer still. “The odds that 2025 will have the lowest murder rate ever recorded have gone from ‘p…