A new year-end analysis from the Major Cities Chiefs Association shows homicides, robberies, rapes and aggravated assaults all decreased across 67 major U.S. police jurisdictions in 2025.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
Violent crime declined in every major category across the nation’s largest cities in 2025, according to newly released year-end data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
The findings are detailed in the report, which compiles statistics from 67 major police departments nationwide. The data show year-over-year reductions in homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
MCCA Violent Crime Report 2025 and 2024 Year End by yourNEWS Media
According to the report, homicides fell by 19% compared to the previous year. Robberies declined by 20%, rape decreased by 9%, and aggravated assaults dropped by nearly 10%.
The largest homicide reductions were recorded in Sun Belt and Southern cities. Orlando and Tampa each reported homicide declines exceeding 50%. Significant decreases were also observed in Western cities, including Seattle, Denver, Honolulu and Albuquerque.
Baltimore and Chicago each reported approximately 30% reductions in homicides. Memphis and Portland saw homicide totals fall by about 25%.
However, some jurisdictions recorded increases in homicide rates. Boston, El Paso, Fort Worth, Milwaukee, Omaha, Wichita and Mesa reported rising figures, as did Suffolk and Nassau counties in New York.
The White House credited federal policy initiatives for the nationwide decline. “After record high crime across the country under Biden’s defund the police era, the murder rate has plunged to a 125-year low as crime falls across the board, according to new data,” the administration said in a statement Monday.
Last year, President Donald Trump cited rising crime as justification for deploying federal resources to cities including Chicago, Memphis, Portland, Washington, D.C., and several cities in California. He previously described Chicago and Baltimore as “hellhole” cities during public remarks.
The White House stated Monday that crime rates declined in Washington, D.C., after federal personnel were deployed to the city.
Other analyses indicate that violent crime rates had already begun to fall during the final two years of former President Joe Biden’s administration, following a nationwide spike that began in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reporting by Axios cited research suggesting that the surge in homicides in 2020 was driven in part by men and teenage boys who were unemployed or affected by school closures during that period.
The Major Cities Chiefs Association report adds to a growing body of data indicating that violent crime levels in major urban centers continued to trend downward through 2025, though variations remain across individual jurisdictions.
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