Sunday, January 25, 2026

Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2025 Update: Homicides in 2025 could drop to the lowest rate ever recorded since 1900

Amazing stuff! Good news!

"When nationwide data for jurisdictions of all sizes is reported by the FBI later this year, there is a strong possibility that homicides in 2025 will drop to about 4.0 per 100,000 residents. That would be the lowest rate ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900, and would mark the largest single-year percentage drop in the homicide rate on record."

Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2025 Update - Council on Criminal Justice



Figure 3. Homicide Rates in 35 Cities, 2018–2025 (the 2025 number is different from the above quoted number, because the chart only covers 35 cities and not the whole country)


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