Crime in St. Louis: What You Need to Know
President Trump has suggested sending military troops to St. Louis, MO, in an effort to reduce crime and violence. This brief examines six-month trends for six crime types in St. Louis going back to 2018.
President Trump has suggested sending military troops to St. Louis, MO, in an effort to reduce crime and violence. This brief examines six-month trends for six crime types in St. Louis going back to 2018.
Homicide and other violent crimes continue to fall below pre-pandemic levels in a sample of 42 U.S. cities. CCJ’s mid-year 2025 analysis also shows a year-over-year decrease in 11 of the 13 offenses.
This brief explores the lethality of violent crime in 17 large U.S. cities between 2018 and 2024, including a look at longer-term lethality trends in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
Is crime in the U.S. more deadly today than in the past? This report examines trends from 1994 to 2020 in the lethality of violence, measured by the ratio of fatal to nonfatal violent incidents.
Evidence suggests that stolen guns may play a significant role in violent crime, but data on gun thefts is limited. This report examines data on reported gun theft incidents across various jurisdictions.
New CCJ analysis of 2024 crime trends also shows year-over-year decreases
in 12 of 13 offenses, with only reported shoplifting continuing its recent rise