FBI reports record decrease in violent crime in 2025

Both the violent crime and murder rates have decreased annually since spiking in 2022, the bureau has found. President Donald Trump touted the statistics Friday.

Statistics released Friday by the FBI showed record decreases last year in both the national estimated violent crime rate and the estimated rate for murders and certain manslaughters.

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report, the overall amount of violent crime declined by 9.3% from 2024. The rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter — willful killings that were not preplanned — fell by 18.1%.

Those are the largest year-to-year decreases in both categories since the FBI introduced the data-based estimations in 1936, the report said.

President Donald Trump touted those statistics in remarks before law enforcement officers in Garden City, New York, saying the “numbers are the best numbers anybody’s ever seen on crime.”

“We achieved the single largest reduction in violent crime in American history. It’s pretty amazing,” Trump said.