Retired NYPD Sergeant Says Fall in Crime Doesn't Always Mean Leaders' Support for Policing

The Metro: Homicides are down. This former FBI agent credits community leaders. - WDET 101.9 FM

The FBI put out its 2025 crime numbers this month, and they show the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since estimations began in 1936. Robbery fell 18.5%. Murder dropped by 18 percent — that rate is now tied with 1955 for the lowest ever recorded in this country. Detroit is part of that trend. The city ended last year with the lowest number of homicides since 1965. Carjackings dropped 46 percent. What nobody fully agrees on is…

Gun Rights Group Says New FBI Data Contradicts Link Between Gun Ownership And Crime - Tampa Free Press

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued a statement Thursday pointing to recent federal crime data as evidence that high rates of private firearm ownership do not lead to higher rates of violent crime. The Bellevue-based gun rights organization cited numbers from an FBI crime report detailing year-to-year declines in […] Gun Rights Group Says New FBI Data Contradicts Link Between Gun Ownership And Crime

An Official Journal Of The NRA | As Gun Sales Stay High, Violent Crime Hits a Historic Low

According to a recent report from the FBI on national crime statistics, violent crime has decreased 9.3 percent from 2024, marking the largest year-to-year drop since the 1930s.

Violent crime falls at record pace in 2025

Violent crime in the United States fell by an estimated 9.3% in 2025, marking the largest year-to-year decline in the violent crime rate since the FBI began estimating crime in 1936, according to new national data.

Retired NYPD sergeant says fall in crime doesn't always mean leaders' support for policing

Violent crime in the United States fell 9.3% in 2025, the largest year-to-year decline since the FBI began estimating national crime trends in 1936.