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US Homicides Fall 18.1% In 2025 To Lowest Rate Since 1956

FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche were specifically praised for their role in the administration's public safety efforts.

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Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says. Pic via(@ocregister)

U.S. homicides fell by 18.1 percent in 2025, reaching the lowest rate recorded since 1956, according to the FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report.

The decline represents one of the sharpest annual reductions in the nation's recorded homicide rate, with more than 3,100 fewer killings reported compared with the previous year.

President Donald Trump highlighted the figures during an event on Long Island, crediting his administration and federal law enforcement leadership for directing additional resources toward cities across the country.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche were specifically praised for their role in the administration's public safety efforts.

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However, researchers caution against attributing the decline to a single policy or administration. Adam Gelb of the Council on Criminal Justice said the reduction was historic but noted that its underlying causes remain unclear. Researchers also found homicide rates falling across cities that have adopted very different approaches to policing and public safety.

The report said the broad-based decline suggests that factors beyond government policy, including wider social and technological changes, may have contributed to the reduction. The historic fall has nevertheless pushed the U.S. murder rate to levels not seen since the 1950s.

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