Murder rate drops to lowest level since 1900 across major US cities nationwide

Murders crossed the U.S. dropped past twelvemonth to a historical low, according to researchers, marking a melodramatic turnaround aft convulsive transgression surged successful the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and arsenic left-wing leaders espoused ideas similar defunding their constabulary departments and releasing repetition offenders without bail.

The Council connected Criminal Justice study weighed transgression statistic from 40 cities that person reported monthly information for the past 8 years. It recovered 11 of 13 transgression categories dropped successful 2025 compared to 2024. Nine of them dropped by 10% oregon more, including homicides, which saw a 21% drop.

"President Trump promised to bring backmost Law and Order to the United States of America," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote connected X Thursday morning, on with a illustration from the Council connected Criminal Justice showing the state saw its lowest homicide complaint since 1900. "This is what happens erstwhile you person a President who afloat mobilizes national instrumentality enforcement to apprehension convulsive criminals and the worst of the worst amerciable aliens."

Trump had campaigned heavy connected reining successful crime, particularly migrant crime, and transgression successful the nation's superior dropped notably past twelvemonth aft the president took a hands-on role. He aboriginal ordered national engagement successful different cities.

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President Donald Trump visits with instrumentality enforcement officers astatine the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility connected August 21, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. The Trump medication deployed national officers and the National Guard to the District successful bid to spot the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department nether national power and assistance successful transgression prevention successful the nation's capital.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Of 35 cities covered by the CCJ report, Denver saw the largest diminution successful homicides astatine 41%. Washington, D.C., and Omaha tied for 2nd astatine 40%. Los Angeles, Buffalo, Albuquerque, Long Beach, Atlanta, Baltimore and Chicago each saw declines of much than 30%.

Three of the 35 cities did spot an summation successful homicides — 16% successful Little Rock, 2% successful Fort Worth and 1% successful Milwaukee.

Violent transgression arsenic a full fell to its lowest levels since 2019, according to the report. Car thefts fell by 27%. Burglary and shoplifting each dropped by treble digits. 

According to akin information from the Major Cities Chiefs Association Violent Crime Survey, which referenced 67 of the largest constabulary agencies passim the U.S., the twelvemonth concluded with an approximate 20% alteration successful homicides nationwide. 

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by FBI Director Kash Patel, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN), speaks during an lawsuit to motion a memorandum to nonstop national resources to Memphis, Tennessee, for a surge against section crime, successful the Oval Office astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2025.  (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst )

The FBI's countrywide statistic for 2025 person not yet been released but are expected to amusement akin results.

The numbers people the 4th consecutive twelvemonth successful which homicide numbers declined passim the U.S., with offenses decreasing by astir 15% successful 2024 – the largest driblet connected grounds astatine the clip – according to information compiled by the FBI.

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In 2023, instrumentality enforcement agencies saw a 13% diminution successful murders nationwide, aft a alteration of 6% successful 2022, according to the FBI.  

But homicides surged by 30% astir the commencement of the pandemic earlier peaking successful 2021, according to the data. In 2025, they didn't conscionable autumn compared to 2024, they besides were 25% little than successful 2019, CCJ researchers noted.

"Finally successful 2023, we came implicit that hump, and we started to spot that diminution successful convulsive crimes which continued successful 2024, and present we're starting to spot that momentum prime up and continue, arsenic we've seen the numbers travel successful for 2025," Josh Schirard, who spent 20 years arsenic a constabulary serviceman earlier becoming manager of Bryna Law Enforcement, told Fox News Digital.

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The numbers travel arsenic immoderate of the nation’s largest cities boasted grounds lows successful homicides passim past year. 

Earlier this month, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the Big Apple saw its safest twelvemonth for weapon unit successful 2025, with the lowest fig of shootings successful the city’s recorded history.

"These historical reductions successful transgression did not hap by accidental oregon mishap — they are the nonstop merchandise of a deliberate, data-driven strategy achieving unprecedented nationalist information milestones for New York City," NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said successful a statement. 

New York City besides saw a simplification successful wide crime, including 1,600 less robberies than successful 2024 and a 14% diminution successful retail theft, according to the NYPD.

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Homicides successful Philadelphia were besides the lowest successful 60 years, according to the city’s constabulary department. Data indicates the metropolis saw a full of 220 murders successful 2025, the lowest since 1966.  Chicago officials touted a 30% alteration successful homicides compared to 2024.

"We can't discount the information that we've seen much assemblage engagement successful the past years than we've seen successful a agelong time," Schirard said. "And erstwhile again, going backmost to those principles of policing that were written backmost successful the 1800s, you know, 1 of the large ones that was written backmost past was that the constabulary are the nationalist and the nationalist are the police."

This banal representation shows a forensic researcher successful protective cogwheel photographing grounds astatine a transgression scene. According to researchers, the U.S. saw a historical debased successful homicides past year. (iStock)

But immoderate cities are inactive struggling to combat rising violence, said Justin Keener, the president of Americans for Public Safety.

"The lone cities to spot rises successful weapon battle rates since 2019 are Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, and San Francisco," helium told Fox News Digital.

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He praised instrumentality enforcement astir the state and credited the Trump medication for turning things astir portion urging metropolis leaders to proceed monitoring transgression statistic and set their priorities appropriately.

"Data shows that crime, peculiarly convulsive crime, is perpetrated by a precise tiny percent of individuals successful each jurisdiction," helium said. "Cities similar Dallas and Baltimore person shown that focusing connected high-risk offenders and supporting constabulary tin person a drastic interaction connected convulsive crime."