Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2025 Update
With homicide down 21%, the 2025 homicide rate may reach the lowest level ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900, CCJ’s year-end analysis finds.
With homicide down 21%, the 2025 homicide rate may reach the lowest level ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900, CCJ’s year-end analysis finds.
This comprehensive analysis of arrest trends is the first of its kind since the federal government stopped releasing detailed arrest data in 2020. It shows that arrests fell sharply in 2020 during the pandemic—and have stayed down since then.
Using multiple federal data sources, this report rebuilds national arrest trend lines across age, gender, race, and offense categories—restoring national visibility into more than 40 years of arrest patterns.
President Trump announced in late October that he would consider dispatching military troops to New York City. This brief examines six-month trends for five different crime types in NYC.
On October 15, President Trump announced he would consider sending the National Guard to San Francisco. This brief examines six-month trends for 11 offenses in the Bay Area city.
President Trump announced he would consider dispatching troops to Baltimore, MD, in an effort to fight crime. This brief examines six-month trends for eight different crime types going back to 2018.