Crime in the U.S. fell in 2025. Will the trend continue? ^80.5%

NPR - By Meg Anderson - 12/24/2025, 10:00 AM

A police officer stands guard as demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago this fall, protesting President Trump's show of federal force aimed at immigration enforcement in the city. Trump called Chicago the "most dangerous city in the world," though crime has fallen there in recent years. Crime fell across much of the U.S. in 2025... more