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US violent crime rate plummets by fastest rate in nearly 90 years, FBI says

Nypost · · 386 words · By Alex Oliveira
FBI Institutional Efficacy Public Safety Risks Crime Rate Reduction
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“Violent crime fell across the United States in 2025 at rates not seen in close to a century, findings from the FBI showed.”
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The provided evidence contains general information about the FBI and unrelated Wikipedia entries. There is no specific data or report mentioned in the evidence that confirms a record-breaking decline in violent crime for the year 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FBI is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk that premiered on CBS on September 25, 2018. FBI received a straight-to-series commission for 13 episodes on Septem…
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“Murder and non-negligent manslaughter plummeted by more than 18% nationwide last year”
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While Statista and Wikipedia provide general definitions and historical trends for murder and non-negligent manslaughter, none of the provided evidence contains the specific statistic of an 18% decrease in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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“aggravated assault dropped by more over 7%, according to a preliminary report on national 2025 crime rates.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Us, us, uS, or US commonly refers to: Us (pronoun), the objective case of the English first-person plural pronoun we U.S., an abbreviation for the United States Us, us, uS, or US may also refer to:
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“Violent crime on the whole dIpped by about 9.3% last year”
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One web search result mentions a 4% drop in violent crime for 2024, but there is no evidence provided to support a 9.3% dip for the year 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides data on drug overdose death rates and totals in the United States. Around 71,500 people died in the 12-month period ending …
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“The 2025 crime data in this report shows the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 US Open was the 145th edition of tennis' US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It was held on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Ce…
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“Rape declined by nearly 8%”
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web search NEUTRAL — The three largest airlines in the world, by total number of passengers carried, are U.S.-based; American Airlines became the global leader after its 2013 merger with US Airways. [405]
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · News • Community college student from Michigan to be 1st woman to represent US at world welding competition • May 17, 2026, 7:34 AM ET (AP) ...(Show more)
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web search NEUTRAL — Get facts about the U.S., its laws, history, and statistics. Buy government property. Learn about the president and how to contact elected officials and federal agencies.
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“robbery went down by about 18.5%”
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web search NEUTRAL — This is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.2025 Gelsenkirchen heist, an estimated €30 million stolen from a Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen[7].
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“Property crime also decreased, dipping by about 12.4% between 2024 and 2025.”
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web search NEUTRAL — The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics from 2024 for the 200 most populous cities in America that have r…
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web search NEUTRAL — SafeHome analyzes the FBI’s Crime in the United States report each year to clarify the conversation. The latest 2024 data reveals that, contrary to common perception, both violent and property crime d…
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web search NEUTRAL — With the issue likely to come up in this year’s presidential election, here’s what we know about crime in the United States, based on the latest available data from the federal government and other so…
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“The findings come from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which collected data from over 17,000 law enforcement agencies.”
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“Those agencies covered nearly all of the policing in the country, about 96%.”
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“There were roughly 1.1 million less violent crimes committed in 2025 compared to 2024”
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“an even sharper year-over-year decrease of about 5.2 million less property crimes”
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“that amounted to a violent crime happening every 28 seconds — a rape murder every 37 seconds, and a rape ever 4 seconds.”
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“Property crimes happened every 6 seconds — with a burglary every 47 seconds and a motor vehicle theft every 46.”
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“More than 400,000 violent crimes — about 47% — were cleared with arrests”
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“about 868,000 — 17% — of property crimes [were cleared with arrests].”
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“about 53 police officers being killed on duty last year.”
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“more than 90,000 were assaulted in the line of duty.”
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“Another 28 died accidentally while on the job.”
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