New Federal Crime Numbers Show Dramatic One-Year Drop After Trump’s First Year of the Second Term
October 26, 2026
Summary
- Data from the Census Bureau’s National Crime Victimization Survey shows violent crime victimization fell 25% and property crime victimization fell 19% during President Donald Trump’s first year in office.
- The survey estimated Americans age 12 and older experienced about 7.5 million violent victimizations in 2025. That’s down from 8.2 million in the final year of the Joe Biden administration and the biggest drop in the survey’s history.
- “This report is proof that President Trump’s ‘Make America Safe Again’ agenda is working,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward says.
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.
The National Crime Victimization Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and released by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, estimates crimes experienced by Americans age 12 and older and households, including incidents never reported to police.
The Justice Department says the declines, from the last year of the Biden administration to the first year of the second Trump administration, are the largest single-year declines in the history of the survey that began in 1973.
“This report is proof that President [Donald] Trump’s ‘Make America Safe Again’ agenda is working,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement. “Under President Trump and Attorney General Blanche, the safety of law-abiding Americans will always come first.”
The findings are preliminary, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics plans to publish final 2025 victimization estimates in 2027.
No comments:
Post a Comment