U.S. violent crime rates in 2025 saw the largest decrease since 1937, according to FBI nationwide crime data.
by NATALIA MITTELSTADT | The National News DeskFILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore.
, Jan. 16, 2025. U.S. violent crime rates in 2025 saw the largest decrease since 1937, according to FBI nationwide crime data. Last year, murder and non-negligent manslaughter dropped by more than 18% across the U.S., and aggravated assault dropped by more than 7%, per the preliminary report from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program on national 2025 crime rates,decreased by about 9.3% in 2025, according to the data.
Rape dropped by nearly 8%, and robbery decreased by about 18.5%, the FBI reported.
“The 2025 crime data in this report shows the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937 – as well as huge decreases across the board in terms of aggravated assault, rape, and robbery,” “Over the last 14 months, we made major transformations at the FBI, and these results show those changes are working,” he added. From 2025 to 2024, there were about 1.1 million fewer violent crimes committed, and a decrease of roughly 5.2 million property crimes, according to the data.
About 47% of violent crimes — more than 400,000 — were cleared with arrests, in addition to about 17% — 868,000 — of property crimes. Last year, about 53 police officers were killed in the line of duty, and more than 90,000 were assaulted. Another 28 police officers died accidentally while on the job.
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