"By the numbers: 11 of 13 tracked crimes were lower in 2025 than in 2024, according to data compiled by the Council on Criminal Justice. Nine offenses declined by 10% or more. Aggravated assaults fell by 9%, and gun assaults and robbery tumbled by 22% and 23%, respectively. Drug crimes are up 7%, the lone category to increase."
"Trump touts himself as a law-and-order president who has tackled crime by sending National Guard troops into predominantly Democrat-run cities and justified his immigration crackdown by linking undocumented immigrants to rising crime. But violent crime was already falling to a two-decade low in Biden's final year, calling into question whether Trump's policies have made an impact."
""It's extremely difficult to disentangle and pinpoint what's actually driving the drop," CCJ President and CEO Adam Gelb said in a statement. Gelb said that the big shifts in criminal justice policies, advances in crime-fighting technology, and changes to the economy and culture are happening at once, and could contribute to the decrease. Zoom in: Of the 35 cities reporting homicide rates, 31 saw declines."
National data show widespread declines in crime in 2025, with 11 of 13 tracked offenses lower than in 2024 and nine offenses down 10% or more. Aggravated assaults decreased 9%, gun assaults fell 22%, and robbery dropped 23%. Drug crimes rose 7%, the sole category to increase. Homicide rates fell in 31 of 35 reporting cities, including steep drops in Denver, Washington, D.C., and Omaha, while Little Rock saw a 16% rise. The national murder rate is projected near 4.0 per 100,000 pending finalized FBI data, and multiple overlapping factors could explain the decreases.
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