US EditionMurders plummeted more than 20% in U.S. last year, the largest drop on record, study shows
A study by the Council on Criminal Justice found murders fell 21% in 2025 across 35 large U.S. cities, marking the largest single-year decline on record.
- Last year, the Council on Criminal Justice found murders plummeted more than 20%, with data from 35 American cities showing a 21% drop and about 922 fewer homicides.
- Researchers cautioned that it's too early to tell what is driving the drop while elected officials from both parties claim credit, and Adam Gelb of the Council on Criminal Justice urged unpacking this year’s reversal of pandemic-era increases.
- Across categories, the report shows carjackings declined 61% since 2023 while vehicle thefts fell 27% and shoplifting dropped 10% among reporting cities.
- The CCJ sample shows the report analyzed large-city statistics based on data availability, excluding high-rate cities Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, while Atlanta recorded a 14% murder drop and under 100 homicides in 2025.
- Lopez said, `It is possible that these rates reflect a longer-term downward trend punctuated by periods of elevated homicides,` while Johnson noted that focused enforcement and investigations contributed to the decline.
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A study by the think tank Council on Criminal Justice shows that fewer and fewer crimes are being committed in major US cities, and last year the number of murders in the country fell by nearly 20 percent.
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Last year, the United States experienced “the single-largest one-year drop” in the murder rate, according to a new study. Conducted by the Council on Criminal Justice, the study released Thursday found that murders dropped by 21 percent from 2024 to 2025. “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,”…
Homicidal violence in the major cities of the United States recorded a significant decline in 2025, which could mark the lowest level ever documented, according to a new study by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ).The analysis is based on crime data from 40 large cities, including 35 that reported complete figures on violent deaths.Read more
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