Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime ...

U.S. crime rates dropped significantly in every major category in 2024, according to a new report released by the FBI on Tuesday — with measurable drops in violent crime, robberies, assaults and ...

The president is looking to add troops to city streets while cutting funds for programs that work, experts and local officials say. But one idea, beautifying neighborhoods, has buy-in. By Tim Arango ...

Violent crime decreased by 4.5% in 2024, marking the second consecutive year of decline. Property crime saw a larger decrease, falling by 8.1% in the same period. Hate crimes also decreased by 1.5% ...

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. continues a decades-long American story: Data says crime is going down, even as many Americans feel like it’s spiraling out-of-control.

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President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is ...

President Trump is using crime as a political weapon, proclaiming quick-fix solutions to deeply rooted challenges in cities led by Democrats. By Luke Broadwater Luke Broadwater is a White House ...

In the nearly three weeks since President Trump deployed federal troops and law enforcement agents throughout Washington, D.C., a CBS News analysis of crime data shows violent crime is down in ...

In a recent moveBuddha survey, 79% of Americans said they’d consider moving in 2025 if it meant heading to a safer neighborhood. So, moveBuddha dug into the data to find out which of America’s ...

President Trump on Friday said Memphis, which had the country’s highest violent crime rate last year, will be the next target of his federal crime crackdown. “We’re going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply ...