The report analyzed 40 cities including Baltimore, New York City, Chicago and Atlanta and found that across the board, murders are decreasing and so are other forms of violent crime. Of the 13 types ...

2025 saw a historic drop in homicide rates, reaching levels not seen since 1900 ...

Concerns over crime and violence spiked in Gallup polling this month, with the organization noting a particular increase in mentions after politcal activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10.

Violent crime in many large American cities decreased sharply in 2025, with homicides dropping to levels not seen in decades, according to a year-end analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice.

DENVER, Colo. — A day’s work should mean a day’s pay, but for many Americans, that simple transaction is a complicated ordeal. “It's a cancer in our industry, and it's everywhere you look,” said Juan ...

Every election season, mayors and governors step before cameras to boast that crime is down. Charts are waved, statistics cited, and carefully crafted talking points deployed to assure anxious ...

(CN) — To read the news, one might believe crime is rising and maybe even worse than it’s ever been. The president himself has done little to discourage this impression. “Crime in American Cities ...

According to a new national poll, approximately half of Americans now say crime is an “extremely” or “very” serious problem. This marks the second straight year national concern has declined. That ...

No country provides more opportunities for upward mobility than the United States. The “American Dream” is real, but many Americans can’t achieve their full potential because their neighborhood is ...

America’s crime map is not random. And it is not evenly distributed. It forms a pattern, a persistent outline that says more about the country than any campaign speech or census brochure ever could.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the decades Lennon’s been behind bars, America has become increasingly fixated on ...