Trends in Homicide: What You Need to Know
This package of data examines long- and short-term homicide trends, how homicide is concentrated across the country, victimization and offending by race, age, and sex, and more.
This package of data examines long- and short-term homicide trends, how homicide is concentrated across the country, victimization and offending by race, age, and sex, and more.
Using original survey data, this report examines which specific crimes Americans fear most, how they perceive their risk of victimization, and the factors that help explain those fears.
On the one-year anniversary of President Trump deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, this brief examines trends for eight different crime types in the nation’s capital going back to 2018.
President Trump recently renewed his calls for federal intervention in Chicago to address crime and violence. This brief examines trends for 13 different crime types in Chicago going back to 2018.
New CCJ analysis finds 9 of 13 offenses declined in the first half of 2026, including an 18% drop in homicide; shoplifting the only offense remaining above 2019 levels
Examining changes in 13 offenses across a sample of 36 large U.S. cities, CCJ’s mid-year analysis shows crime has continued to fall in the first half of 2026, with homicide likely dropping to another historic low.