Fact-check · Aug 14, 2026 · Donald Trump
“In 2025 we achieved the single largest reduction in violent crime in American history”
MISLEADINGSaid in 4 broadcasts
What the record shows
FBI reports 2025 violent crime fell 9.3% year-over-year, the largest single-year decrease since 1937. The 1991-2000 decade saw a 30% decline, described as the most dramatic peacetime crime reduction in American history.
Sources
- FBI Releases Historic Early Look at Annual Crime Data | Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Violent crime rates in 2025 see largest decrease since 1937: FBI
- Violent crime plummeted in 2025, White House official says, as FBI prepares to release report - CBS News
- FBI preliminary data: Violent crime down 9.3% in 2025; murders down 18.1%
- Preliminary FBI data shows a sharp drop in violent crime | The Daily Chronicle
- 1 Violent Crime Reduction 2021-2025
From: President Trump Delivers Remarks, Aug. 14, 2026
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