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FBI Reports Record Drop in Violent Crime and Homicides in 2025

A White House push to credit federal enforcement for the decline deepens a debate over causes after the FBI signaled preliminary falls continued into early 2026.

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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 10: A police car is parked at a crime scene where three people were shot on June 10, 2015 in the Gowanus area of the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. In an effort to combat the rise in murders and shootings, hundreds of additional New York City Police Officers will begin walking city streets as part of an aggressive NYPD initiative called "Summer All Out." About 330 officers will be taken off of administrative duty to patrol the streets in some of the city's most violent neighborhoods. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
President Donald Trump speaks at the David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Overview

  • The FBI's 2025 Uniform Crime Report, released Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, found violent crime fell about 9.3% from 2024 and that murder and nonnegligent manslaughter declined an estimated 18.1% to 4.1 per 100,000.
  • The report showed broad drops across categories including robberies (about 18.5%), aggravated assaults (about 7.2%), rapes (about 7.6%), and property crime (about 12.4%) with motor vehicle theft down roughly 22–23%.
  • President Donald Trump and senior administration officials publicly credited their enforcement actions and increased federal arrests and prosecutions at events tied to the report.
  • Criminal justice experts and independent analysts said the decline is likely driven by multiple factors—local policing changes, federal enforcement, social and technological shifts, and changes in overdose mortality—and warned the data do not prove a single cause.
  • The FBI based the report on standardized submissions from more than 17,000 agencies covering nearly 329 million people and unusually included preliminary data showing further declines in the first half of 2026, a development that could shape election‑year policy debates and campaigning.