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The Council’s research, analyses, members, and independent task forces and commissions are featured regularly in the press. The stories listed below appeared in a wide range of national and regional news outlets.

The New York Times

What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.

Fox News

Murder rate drops to lowest level since 1900 across major US cities nationwide

CNN

Teen takeovers: The chaotic gatherings that are spurring curfews and crackdowns

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Use of Flock license plate reader cameras surges in Texas
08-03-26
By The Waco Bridge, Ayden Runnels
The Three Numbers Your Mayor Doesn't Want You Asking About
08-02-26
By Jay Rogers
Murders on Pace to Drop to a 126-Year Low Following Illegal Immigrant Deportations: DHS
08-01-26
By Naveen Athrappully
FIRST ON FOX: DHS points to 'common sense' reason for collapsing crime: 'No surprise'
07-31-26
By Peter Pinedo
NRF finds shoplifting stabilizing as online fraud grows
07-31-26
By Daphne Howland
Crime Is Plummeting Across the Country, Despite the Drama Over the National Guard Deployments
07-29-26
By Julia Cassidy
Parents in prison: New ways to sustain family bonds
07-29-26
By the Monitor's Editorial Board
Crime Plummets to Another Historic Low Under President Trump
07-29-26
By The White House
Aurora crime rate drops 10.5% in first half of 2026. Chief credits technology, focus
07-29-26
By McKenna Harford
America’s Murder Problem Is Smaller Than It Looks
07-28-26
By John R. Lott Jr
Report Warns Rising Incarceration of Women Could Add $8 Billion in Correctional Costs by 2035
07-28-26
By Hannah Kennedy
US homicide rate heading to new historic low. Experts are not sure why
07-28-26
By 9 minutes
States expand fight against organized retail crime, gift card fraud • Stateline
07-27-26
By Amanda Watford
"Let us stand together" says Stop the Violence founder after deadly weekend in Norfolk
07-27-26
By Ethan Krauss
Inside the growing police use and misuse of Flock's license-plate reader cameras
07-26-26
New report says that Norfolk's homicide rate has increased since 2025
07-25-26
By Valenti Govantes
Homicide May Be at Lowest Rates Since 1900
07-25-26
By Liberty Nation
Study Finds America's Homicide Rate on Track To Hit Historic Low This Year
07-24-26
By David Jones
Crime continues historic decline as homicide rates approach century lows • Stateline
07-24-26
By Amanda Watford
National Homicide Rate Continues to Decline in 2026, Report Finds
07-24-26
Report: Murder Rate on Pace for 126-Year Low, 8 Cities Buck Trend
07-24-26
Baltimore homicide decline stands out in new crime report
07-23-26
By Greg Ng
A Record-Low Homicide Year in the US
07-23-26
By RocaNews
Major California city sees staggering spike in murders as national homicide rate hits 125-year low
07-23-26
By Titus Wu
Homicides in DC could reach lowest levels since 1990, new crime report reveals
07-23-26
By Phylicia Ashley
SAFER STREETS: U.S. Heads Toward Historic Homicide Low: Report
07-23-26
Homicide levels trending lowest in more than a century: Research
07-23-26
By Sarah Davis
Report: US on pace for historic decline in homicides, DC sees sharp declines as well
07-23-26
By Max Marcilla
US homicides on pace for a historic low in 2026, report finds
07-23-26
By Jason Gunn
U.S. on track to have historically low number of homicides in 2026, report says
07-23-26
By Safiyah Riddle
U.S. homicide rate drops 18%, nearing historic low per year
07-23-26
By Joe Fisher
US on Track to Have Historically Low Number of Homicides in 2026, Report Says
07-23-26
By Associated Press
Homicides in 2026 on track to be at the lowest level in over a century, new data shows
07-23-26
By Kevin Killough Lane Smith
New report shows crime trending down in Minneapolis
07-23-26
By Lydia Morrell
St. Louis among large U.S. cities seeing crime declines, report says
07-23-26
By Nick Gladney
The Homicide Rate Has Dropped to Historic Lows. Contrary to What Politicians Say, No One Really Knows Why.
07-23-26
Murders continue historic decline despite spikes in a few cities, study finds
07-23-26
By Anna Schecter, Cara Tabachnick
New Study Indicates Austin's 2026 Homicide Rate Over 70 Percent Higher Than 2019
07-23-26
By Holly Hansen
US on track to have historically low number of homicides in 2026, report says
07-23-26
By Safiyah Riddle
The Homicide Rate Has Dropped to Historic Lows. Contrary to What Politicians Say, No One Really Knows Why. (opinion)
07-22-26
By Jacob Sullum
Worried about Shariah? Make Texas' justice system even less like Iran's
07-22-26
By Marc Levin
ICE killings show 'quieter' crackdown is just as deadly
07-22-26
By Thaddeus L. Johnson, Natasha N. Johnson
Domestic violence groups fear survivor services could disappear without warning
07-18-26
By Mariel Padilla, Jasmine Mithani
Crime Reporter Reveals How Burglars Choose Which Homes to Target, and the One Mistake That Invites Them in
07-18-26
Rothman: Mass. shouldn't let AI firms grade themselves
07-17-26
By Jesse Rothman
Cuyahoga County hands out violence prevention grants
07-17-26
By Celia Hack
Technology, transparency & trust: Building public confidence in an era of public safety innovation
07-14-26
Crime is down in Nashville in 2026, mirroring national trend
07-13-26
By Kirsten Fiscus, Austin Hornbostel
America Is Plagued by Shoplifting. I Went to the Headquarters of the War on "Shrink." I Couldn't Believe What I Saw.
07-13-26
By Alexander Sammon
He was having a mental health crisis. Memphis task force agents came and shot him
07-12-26
Homicides up in Denver while other crime falls, police data show
07-10-26
By Matt Kyle
Violent crime is falling - now is the wrong time to cut federal prison funding
07-10-26
By David Safavian, Justin Keener
White House credits Trump's tough-on-crime stance for historic drop in killings nationwide
07-08-26
By Matt Delaney
Downturn in shootings underscores Milwaukee's decline in 2026 crime
07-08-26
By David Clarey
Trump administration guts efforts to prevent gun violence, suppressing reports
07-07-26
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
When law enforcement takes on immigration, our safety is the cost
07-07-26
By Amy L. Solomon
National Guard soldiers fatally shoot man with gun in downtown Memphis
07-06-26
By Suzanne Gamboa
California sees historic drop in crime as homicides hit record low
07-06-26
By Danielle Echeverria
How Congress can fix offender supervision
07-02-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
Inside the Creepy AI Tech Quietly Taking Over U.S. Police Departments
07-01-26
By Rex Edison
Police use of artificial intelligence grows as rules lag behind
06-29-26
By Amanda Watford
BREAKING: Supreme Court Hands Trump Three Major Losses on Mail in Voting, Executive Power, and his Sexual Assault Verdict Remains
06-28-26
By Aaron Parnas
Police use of artificial intelligence grows as rules lag behind • Stateline
06-26-26
By Amanda Watford
Women's prison population, correctional costs projected to grow through 2035
06-25-26
By Amanda Watford, Corinne Smith, Seth Tupper, Andrew Roth, Annie
The Justice Department is linking public safety money to immigration enforcement
06-22-26
US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing
06-22-26
By Andrea Hagan
Trump: Why Isn't Pritzker Calling for Help in Chicago?
06-21-26
By Jim Thomas
Trump Marks Father's Day With Angry Rant
06-21-26
By Sarah-Jane Collins
Zero sum: Cities have little to show for big spending * WorldNetDaily * by Jeremy Portnoy, Real Clear Wire
06-20-26
Early Release, Unequal Justice–Hidden Costs of Fast-Tracked Deportations
06-11-26
By Marc Levin Khalil Cumberbatch
Iowa's New Three Strikes Law: A Taxpayers' Guide to Its Cost and Potential Fixes
06-11-26
By Council On Criminal Justice
Critics warn of years in prison for young adults under carjacking bill before Congress
06-09-26
By Alyssa Chen, Sarah Ladd, Liam Niemeyer, Liv Caputo, Zach Wendl
Retail partnership with law enforcement takes aim at repeat shoplifters on LI, Suffolk DA says
06-08-26
By Victor Ocasio
A Man Was Beaten With Guns and Robbed Right Outside His Own Apartment in Memphis
06-05-26
By Maxie Nolan
Controversial 287g programs increasing
06-04-26
Immigration enforcement deals between feds and local agencies accumulating
06-03-26
By Sandra Sanchez
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail ‑ but staffing losses at VA and cuts to government programs are threatening their work
06-02-26
By Jamie Rowen, Political Science, UMass Amherst
Iowa's "three strikes" bill would be a billion-dollar blunder
06-01-26
By Marc Levin, Khalil Cumberbatch
Trump's cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say
05-31-26
Trump's cuts to intervention programs could increase violent crime, experts say | US news
05-31-26
Houston police at their biggest numbers in 20 years, matching U.S. trend, experts say
05-31-26
By Matt de Grood
Vancouver Woman Was Targeted Twice at Her Own Home Before Police Showed Up and Shot the Suspect
05-30-26
By Emily Johnson
Veterans Caught in the Justice System Need Support, Not Neglect
05-30-26
Inside the 'Clean Slate' record-sealing movement growing in both red and blue states
05-30-26
ACLU Lawsuit Accuses Memphis Task Force of Harassing Residents Who Film Police
05-30-26
By James Carter
Historic Drop: U.S. Murder Rate At 125-Year Low
05-29-26
By Tiffany Chartier
Washington, D.C.'s crime decline and its lessons for American policing
05-28-26
By Erich Battistin
Study Warns AI Tools in Criminal Justice Could Deepen Bias and Rights Violations
05-27-26
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail, but staff losses and cuts are threatening their work
05-25-26
By Jamie Rowen
Preliminary FBI data shows a sharp drop in violent crime • Ohio Capital Journal
05-24-26
By 2 minutes
Opinion: Violent crime is decreasing, but not hateful attacks. Why?
05-22-26
By Bill Slomanson
2 of Northeast Wisconsin's major cities follow nationwide trend as violent crime drops
05-21-26
By Rachel Charniak
After years of criminal justice reform wins, Trump-era federal rollbacks are putting communities at risk
05-21-26
By panamadjackson
Special courts helps veterans stay out of jail - but funding cuts to VA and government programs are threatening their work
05-19-26
By Jamie Rowen
Peer cities embrace surveillance tech that Nashville rejected: report
05-19-26
The Road Warrior's Reckoning: From Albuquerque Alley to California -
05-18-26
By Editorial Desk
Arizona Auto Thefts Decrease 6.6% in 2023
05-18-26
Home Burglary Statistics in 2026
05-18-26
Teen takeovers: The chaotic gatherings that are spurring curfews and crackdowns
05-09-26
By Eric Levenson
Chicago Teen Charged in Armed Robberies, Griddle 24 Burglary
05-09-26
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