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U.S. violent crime fell sharply in 2025, according to preliminary federal <\/span>data<\/span>, with murders dropping an estimated 18.1% \u2014 a decline that could push the national homicide rate to its lowest level on record if the figures hold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The FBI\u2019s Uniform Crime Reporting Program reported that overall violent crime fell an estimated 9.3% compared with 2024, alongside broad decreases across major categories. Robbery dropped 18.5%, aggravated assault fell 7.2% and reported rapes declined 7.6%. Property crime was down an estimated 12.4%.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI said the estimates, released last week, are based on data submitted by more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies covering about 96% of the U.S. population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Participation in the FBI\u2019s crime data collection is voluntary for law enforcement agencies. The crime data itself only reflects crimes reported to police.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 15,000 agencies reported through the National Incident-Based Reporting System, which now covers nearly 90% of the population, according to the FBI. NIBRS, as the system is known, is the agency\u2019s new, more detailed crime reporting system. It became the national standard in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The FBI\u2019s early data aligns with <\/span>projections<\/span> from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice, which in January forecasted that 2025 may have had the lowest homicide rate in more than a century.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both violent and non-violent crime levels in most of the cities studied in the council\u2019s analysis also were at or below pre-pandemic levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stateline reporter Amanda Watford can be reached at <\/span><\/i>[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Alaska Beacon, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n

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