Does California have lower homicide rates than some southern US states? | News

As protests in Los Angeles against President Trump’s deportation policies escalated, California Governor Gavin Newsom debated Republican officials over crime rates, highlighting that Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma have significantly higher homicide rates than California. Despite criticisms of his data’s reliability, Newsom’s statistics from the CDC show California has one of the lowest homicide rates in the country, supporting his claims.

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