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US Murder Rate Plunges 20% in 2025
U.S. murder rate fell 19.8% through October 2025, driven by historic drops in major cities and following two years of record declines, according to crime analyst Jeff Asher.
- This year Jeff Asher's Real-Time Crime Index shows murders fell about 19.8 through October, with 5,912 cases recorded versus 7,369 in 2024.
- Across a sample of jurisdictions, RTCI's data from 570 law‑enforcement agencies covering about 115 million people shows a 19.8% decline in murders through October, on pace for a record drop.
- Among the largest 30 cities, Birmingham, Alabama, recorded a 49 percent drop in murders, while New Orleans, San Francisco, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, and Philadelphia hit multi‑decade lows, with San Francisco likely the lowest since 1942.
- Federal officials say the White House credits enforcement measures and National Guard deployments, while FBI Director Kash Patel wrote `U.S. murders on pace for largest one-year drop on record- not an accident.` Analysts estimate about 12,000 fewer murders across 2024 and 2025 compared to 2020–2021.
- The FBI says it will release official totals sometime next year, and Gun Violence Archive reports 14,302 gun-related deaths as of Wednesday, with RTCI estimates tracking closely.
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US Likely to Record Largest Single-Year Drop in Murders, Analysts Say - The Thinking Conservative News
Preliminary data from the Real Time Crime Index show that the murder rate has fallen by nearly 20 percent from 2024 to 2025. The post US Likely to Record Largest Single-Year Drop in Murders, Analysts Say appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
2025: U.S. May See Largest Annual Drop In Murders Ever
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