Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.

Trump has taken credit for reducing crime. But a steady, years-long decline began before his reelection.

Crime fell across much of the U.S. in 2025 — in the Midwest, the South, the Northeast and the West, in big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states. The number of murders saw a huge drop — ...

National law enforcement and local retail groups want Americans to understand that the problem of illicit trade — counterfeiting, organized retail crime and human trafficking — is bigger and more ...