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-fatal violent crimes — including rapes, sexual assaults and robberies — dropped by one-quarter from 2024.
Last year also saw a 31% reduction in aggravated assaults, a drop of 390,000 in raw numbers; a 25% reduction in burglary or trespassing, 460,000 fewer; and a 30% decrease in motor vehicle thefts, amounting to 349,000 fewer vehicles stolen.
All other types of household thefts fell by 19%.
The declines were the largest single-year reduction in the history of the NCVS, which is compiled by the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics and began in 1973.
The survey is based on a nationally representative sample of about 240,000 persons in about 150,000 households, taken from US Census Bureau data.
“This report is proof that President Trump’s ‘Make America Safe Again’ agenda is working,” said Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward in a statement
“Under President Trump and Attorney General [Todd] Blanche, the safety of law-abiding Americans will always come first,” Woodward added. “This success reinforces our commitment to ensuring every American can live, work, and raise a family without fear.” --->READ MORE HERE
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"The safety of law-abiding Americans will always come first."
Violent crime and theft fell dramatically during President Donald Trump’s first year in office, according to an annual crime survey released Monday by the Justice Department.
Fewer Americans reported being victims of heinous crimes like robbery, rape, aggravated assault, or having their vehicle stolen or home invaded in 2025, according to the Justice Department’s latest National Crime Victimization Survey. The survey, conducted annually by the Census Bureau and analyzed by the Justice Department, tracks crime as reported by the victims.
“This report is proof that President Trump’s ‘Make America Safe Again’ agenda is working,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward told The Daily Wire. “Under President Trump and Attorney General Blanche, the safety of law-abiding Americans will always come first. This success reinforces our commitment to ensuring every American can live, work, and raise a family without fear.”
The survey found that overall violent crime victimization, including rape/sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault, fell 25% in 2025, with 669,000 fewer violent crimes reported then in 2024. In 2024, 8.2 million violent crime victimizations were reported in contrast to 7.5 million in 2025.
Across violent crime categories, aggravated assault fell by 31%, robbery by 27%, property crime by 19%, burglary/trespassing by 25%, and motor vehicle theft by 29%. The declines across these categories were the largest ever one-year drops in the history of the survey, which began in 1973, according to the Justice Department. --->READ MORE HERE
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