Felony Violent Crime Is Falling

Media Bias? What media bias? From John R. Lott Jr. at The Federalist: The Media Won’t Tell You Felony Violent Crime Is Plunging Under Trump

Most people who follow the news probably missed Monday’s announcement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Felony violent crime plunged 25 percent in 2025. Rape fell 13 percent, robbery dropped 27 percent, and aggravated assault declined 31 percent. Property crime fell 19 percent. Except for rape, these represent the largest one-year declines since the government began collecting these data 53 years ago.

That marks a dramatic reversal from the Biden administration, when felony violent crime soared by a record 59 percent and property crime rose 8 percent between 2021 and 2024.

Murders are down. The rate fell in 2025 to 4.1 murders per 100,000 people. That is a record low.

And the media?

You might expect these unprecedented declines in violent and property crime and record low crime rates to dominate the news. Instead, most major media outlets ignored Monday’s announcement. While the New York Post and CBS covered the new data, the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, NBC News, ABC News, the New York Times, and the Washington Post apparently didn’t consider the historic reductions newsworthy.

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The policies that contribute to this drop in crime, are exactly those policies Democrats want to reverse. Almost like The Left wants crime and chaos.

Hat tip to The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC)