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Violent, Property Crime Victimization Rates Fell in 2025, Federal Data Shows
A panel of 48 experts said the drop reflects pandemic recovery and local efforts, not federal policies Trump has highlighted.
- A new federal report from the National Crime Victimization Survey shows Americans experienced significant declines in violent and property crime victimization throughout 2025, with violent crime excluding simple assault falling 25% from 2024.
- Property victimization dropped 19% to a rate of 111.2 per 1,000 households in 2025, while the FBI reported an unprecedented 18% decrease in the U.S. homicide rate from the previous year.
- Surveying 48 experts, the Council on Criminal Justice found 57% cited the easing of pandemic-related social and economic disruption as a major contributor to the recent decline.
- President Donald Trump claimed credit for the decline, but the downward trend in violent crime actually began in 2023, two years before he started his current term.
- Experts dismissed the impact of National Guard deployments, noting the FBI accounts for only about 8% of violent crime arrests, and no participant listed increased immigration enforcement as a top contributor.
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