A few years ago, experts worried about a "new normal" of elevated violent crime in the U.S. Now the country is flirting with breaking its all-time low murder rate
A police officer hangs yellow crime tape at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting.
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The United States is currently witnessing an unprecedented decline in murders with 2025 projected to mark the largest one-year…
BBC Verify assesses claims by the Trump administration that crime and murder in the US are at their lowest levels for 125 years.
Homicides have hit historic lows in cities across the nation. Criminologists are trying to puzzle out why.
Experts say the dip is likely a return to more typical levels after an unusual spike in the preceding years.
Crime was heading to record lows in the last year of the Biden administration.
Murder offences decrease by 14.9 percent as US public safety continues to improve after pandemic, according to FBI data.
