Violent crime fell across the United States in 2025 at rates not seen in close to a century, findings from the FBI showed.

U.S. violent crime rates in 2025 saw the largest decrease since 1937, according to FBI nationwide crime data. Last year, ...

Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime ...

Overall violent crimes and property crimes decreased in 2025, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. On May 18, the Sheriff’s Office ...

The 2025 crime data in this report shows the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937 — as well as huge ...