Six months is a short period, but it is a positive trend.
Looking at changes in violent offenses from the first six months of 2024 and 2025, the rate of homicides in the 30 study cities providing data for that crime was 17% lower, representing 327 fewer homicides. There were 10% fewer reported aggravated assaults, 21% fewer gun assaults, 10% fewer sexual assaults, and 3% more domestic violence incidents. Robbery fell by 20%, while carjackings (a type of robbery) decreased by 24%.
Motor vehicle theft had been on the rise from the summer of 2020 through 2023, but that trend reversed in 2024 and the downward trajectory continued into this year; there were 25% fewer motor vehicle thefts in the first half of 2025 than in the first half of 2024.
Reports of residential burglaries (-19%), non-residential burglaries (-18%), larcenies (-12%), and shoplifting (-12%) all fell in the first six months of 2025 compared to the first part of 2024, while drug offenses remained even.
And the statistics for 2024 were lower than for 2023. And …
Reported levels of 12 of the 13 offenses covered in this report were lower in 2024 than in 2023; shoplifting was the only offense higher in 2024 compared to 2023.
* Looking at changes in violent offenses from 2023 to 2024, the number of homicides in the 29 study cities providing data for that crime was 16% lower, representing 631 fewer homicides. There were 4% fewer reported aggravated assaults, 15% fewer gun assaults, 6% fewer sexual assaults, and 4% fewer domestic violence incidents last year than in 2023. Robbery fell by 10% while carjackings (a type of robbery) decreased by 32%.
True dat. Definitely good that violent criming is coming down, but we’re still higher than the all time low in 2014.
We shouldn’t steal Bob’s thunder. Deporting all the violent criminals is clearly having an impact. Also, when immigrants are shipped to other countries, imprisoned, then sexually assaulted, that doesn’t count against our numbers.
