2025 Crime Drop Predates Trump, FBI Data Show
TL;DR
New FBI data show violent crime and murders fell sharply in 2025—the largest year‑to‑year drop since 1936—yet Trump touted the figures as a 'Trump effect'. Experts say crime began falling before his return, and attributing the change to a single policy oversimplifies the trend.
- Killings and other violent crimes dropped sharply in 2025 washingtonpost.com
- Murder is at lowest rate since the 1950s. Trump touts it as a personal success. CNN
- Violent crime plummeted in 2025, with murder rate hitting 20-year low, FBI says CBS News
- Trump Administration News: President Takes Credit for Steep Crime Rate Declines With False Claims nytimes.com
- World in Brief: Sharp decline in American violent crime; eastern Indonesia hit by earthquake The Economist
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