Crime rates fell across US cities in 2025

By: Amanda Watford

Outlets: Stateline

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 471

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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Crime continued to decline in 2025, with homicides down 21% from 2024 and 44% from a peak in 2021, according to a new analysis of crime trends in 40 large U.S. cities released by the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice.

If federal nationwide data, which is set to be released later this year, reflects similar trends, the national homicide rate could fall to its lowest level in more than a century.

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