Crime is climbing at an alarming pace in towns once considered safe, revealing a troubling shift in America’s public safety landscape. When we think about settling down, safety is often at the top of ...

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.

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 ...

Sometimes the numbers tell one story while our gut feelings scream something completely different. Actual crime statistics might be heading downward across America, yet the knot in people's stomachs ...

President Trump announced plans to address crime in Washington, DC, including controlling the police force and deploying the National Guard. While DC's crime rates have fallen, violent crime and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation released new data showcasing violent crime statistics from across the country in early August. While the overall national violent crime ...

The committee cited interviews with police commanders in an effort to buttress President Trump’s federal takeover of law ...

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN ...

President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., “reached the highest rate probably ever” in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a ...

Crime in Memphis saw an 11% decrease from 2023 to 2024, the largest single-year drop since 2010. A declining population in Memphis can make crime rates appear higher even if the number of offenses ...