Homicide rates have undergone the most striking change, with some of the nation’s 52 largest cities recording the fewest ...

Violence has been falling for several years. But last year for the first time, all seven categories of violent crime tracked ...

On Tuesday, the FBI released its annual update on American crime trends, estimated from police department reports covering 2024. The big headline: America’s murder rate stood at five per 100,000 last ...

Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.

Here's something nobody wants to admit: Sometimes the numbers tell one story while our gut feelings scream something completely different. Actual crime statistics might be heading downward across ...