Study: Murders in U.S. Plummeted During First Year of Trump’s Second Term
A study conducted by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) shows that murders in the U.S. plummeted during 2025, the first year of President Trump’s second term.
According to the study, “The rate of reported homicides was 21% lower in 2025 than in 2024 in the 35 study cities providing data for that crime.” In raw numbers, this means approximately 922 fewer homicides in 2025 versus 2024.
The CCJ believe that FBI data, which will be released later this year, may show 2025 had “the lowest…[homicide] rate ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900.”
The researchers behind the study also looked at violent crime and found “violent crime overall in 2025 was at or below levels in 2019.”
The CCJ suggests the lower numbers are “likely the result of a complex tangle of broad social and technological changes and direct policy interventions.” (Read more from “Study: Murders in U.S. Plummeted During First Year of Trump’s Second Term” HERE)
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