The nationwide murder rate fell dramatically in 2025 — in what’s likely the largest single-year drop ever recorded, according to new crime data. Killings in the US plunged nearly 20% compared to last ...

The United States is on track for the largest one-year drop in murders ever recorded, according to crime analyst Jeff Asher. Asher cited year-over-year data from the Real Time Crime index, which shows ...

BBC Verify assesses claims by the Trump administration that crime and murder in the US are at their lowest levels for 125 ...

CBS News - Murders plummeted more than 20% in 2025 from the year before, the single-largest one-year drop on record — and it might be the lowest murder rate in the U.S. since 1900, a study released ...

For the first time in a decade, Birmingham ended 2025 with less than 100 homicides. There were 88 homicides in 2025, down from 152 in 2024 when the city’s homicide tally broke a record set in 1933.

As overall crime continued to drop in Chicago in 2025, the city ended the year with the fewest homicides in 60 years. Preliminary crime data from the Chicago Police Department showed the number of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States is on track for the largest one-year drop in murders ever recorded, according to crime analyst Jeff Asher. Asher ...