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fromAxios
1 week ago

Crime plunges in major cities despite Trump's crackdown rhetoric

The big picture: The report fromthe Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA) shows declines across every major violent-crime category in 2025 compared to 2024. It features data from 67 of the nation's biggest police departments, and confirms other studies on last year's declines. Cities report that homicides overall fell 19%. Robberies dropped about 20%. Aggravated assaults were down nearly 10%. Zoom in: Multiple Southern and Sun Belt cities were among the biggest homicide decliners, an Axios analysis of the MCCA data found.
US politics
US politics
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

Still Unclear What's Behind California's Declining Crime Rate | KQED

Crime rates in the 2020s remain far below early 1990s highs while California homicides recently decreased and lawmakers target for-profit immigration contractors.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Explains Why Homicide Levels Are Historically Low?

Lethal violence declined in 2025, explained by a threshold-dependent model where archetype, drive, culture, and threshold must converge for violent behavior to occur.
US politics
fromAxios
3 months ago

Homicides keep plunging in Trump's "hellhole" cities

Homicides fell 19% across 67 major U.S. jurisdictions in the first nine months of 2025, with many large cities reporting substantial declines.
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
4 months ago

London's violent crime hotspots: Interactive map reveals tide of assaults across the capital

London had 15,689 knife offences to June; Met and City crime trends are mixed — homicides and knife offences fell, sexual offences and shoplifting rose.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
4 months ago

As Trump Decries Crime In San Francisco, City Is Poised for Lowest Homicide Rate Since 1954

San Francisco's homicides fell to 35 in 2024, a 64-year low, and 2025 is on track for an even lower count near 27.
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