Violent crime fell sharply across the U.S. in 2025, with murders declining over 18% in the largest drop since 1937, according ...

Data: Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA); Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios Violent crime fell sharply across the largest U.S. cities in early 2026, extending a nationwide decline that began after ...

A historic drop in violent crime, including the murder rate, is at risk after the cancellation of federal funding for ...

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. continues a decades-long American story: Data says crime is going down, even as many Americans feel like it’s spiraling out-of-control.

Given the tone of network and cable news coverage, it might come as a surprise to learn that crime in the United States—including violent crime—has declined in the post-COVID era. According to FBI ...

Rey Chavis knew it was life or death when his phone rang one day last summer. Chavis, a lifelong Newark, New Jersey, resident who runs The Newark Community Street Team – a group of violence ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops has produced Humvees on the National Mall and roving bands of agents in tourist areas as part of ...

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN ...

Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down. By David W.