A new preliminary survey finds that the rate of violent crime victimization in 2025 fell by about 25%, compared with 2024, which the DOJ claimed represents the largest decline since 1973.
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Violent crime victimization fell 25% in 2025, DOJ survey shows
A Justice Department survey released Monday found substantial declines in violent crime and property crime victimization in 2025, with the Trump administration crediting the decreases to its efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and gang violence.
Serious violent and property crime rates took a sharp dive in 2025, dropping 25 percent and 19 percent, respectively, according to preliminary Justice Department findings obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.
A new preliminary survey finds that the rate of violent crime victimization in 2025 fell by about 25%, compared with 2024, which the DOJ claimed represents the largest decline since 1973.
Summary New Justice Department federal survey data shows violent crime victimization fell 25% and property crime victimization fell 19% in 2025 from the rates in 2024. The new data showed particularly steep declines in aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, and motor vehicle theft.
WASHINGTON — Violent crimes dropped by at least 25% across most categories in 2025, the first year of President Trump’s second term, according to a new Department of Justice report. Preliminary estimates in the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) released Monday found the majority of non-fata…
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Preliminary Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates show violent victimization, excluding simple assault, fell 25% last year and property crime fell 19%. The administration credits its immigration and gang crackdowns.
Crime plummeted in President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, according to a new report. Overall, non-fatal violent crime excluding simple assault dropped 25 percent from 2024 to 2025, […]
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The newest crime report from the DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that non-fatal crime has plummeted during the first year of the second Trump administration. The preliminary estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey — which collects information from victims of non-fatal crimes,…
By Manzanita Miller According to crime statistics released Aug. 24 from the FBI , which aggregate data from the previous year to calculate crime rates, violent crime fell 9.3 percent in 2025, the sharpest year-over-year decline since the FBI began aggregating crime data in 1936.
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