evidence: Instances of violent crime, such as murders, increased during the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of the Trump administration. Since then, however, most violent crime has been on the decline. In 2019, there were 5.1 homicides per 100,000 people, but in 2020, that number grew to 6.5 homicides per 100,000 people before peaking in 2021 at 6.8 homicides per 100,000 people. [...] A Brennan Center for Justice report from July 2022 pointed to increases in gun purchases, as well as socioeconomic factors, as the causes of violent crime increase. The report noted that the pandemic exacerbated mental health concerns, disrupted local nonprofits aimed at crime prevention, and created a deeply "unequal" economic recession that played a role in crime. [...] Some property crimes have decreased since the COVID-19 pandemic, but motor vehicle theft remains on the rise, according to FBI data. Burglary, for instance, has steadily dropped each year of both Biden and Trump's presidential tenures. Arson jumped in 2020 but fell below pre-pandemic levels in 2021 and 2022.