Explanations for the fall range from tougher policing to societal changes like less alcohol consumption and more time spent ...

BBC Verify assesses claims by the Trump administration that crime and murder in the US are at their lowest levels for 125 years.

The most recent Major Cities Chiefs Association survey – made up of preliminary statistics compiled from 67 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada – shows homicides dropped about 19% last year ...

Crime rates dropped across much of the United States in 2025, spanning both property and violent crime throughout big cities and small towns across the nation. Still, behind the broader national ...

A wave of high-end residential burglaries across southeastern Wisconsin has prompted a coordinated law enforcement response and drawn political attention at both the local and national levels. The ...

The Trump administration has used the threat of organized crime to justify roundups of suspected undocumented migrants in states across the country. InSight Crime’s Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and ...

In Chicago, federal agents rappelled from Black Hawk helicopters onto an apartment building. In Portland, Oregon, masked officers clashed with protesters wearing inflatable animal costumes. In the ...

America is experiencing one of the sharpest crime declines in modern history ‒ and a political fight over who deserves the credit. That debate is inevitable and understandable. It also risks obscuring ...