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Andrea Hagan, Instructor of Criminology & Justice, Loyola University New Orleans

US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing

Homicides across 35 major American cities fell 21% in 2025. South_agency/Getty Images

The United States is experiencing one of the steepest declines in violent crime in modern history, including a murder rate at its lowest point in more than a century.

Homicides across 35 major American cities fell 21% in 2025, amounting to 922 fewer people killed. Robberies dropped 23%. Gun assaults declined 22%. Carjackings plummeted 43%.

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