What have we come to?

There's also a lot more people around. Even if the homicide rate remained unchanged if you double the amount of people you double the number of homicides.

But since any meaningful measure is done on a per capita basis thats a nonsense statement.

What town do you live in?

The figures are from the US since the topic is crime in the US.
And since its the US and people are making statements about heads stuck in the sand.
67% of Americans think crime has increased when it has decreased.