Murders in Memphis are down 33%, sexual assaults down 25%, motor vehicle thefts down 54%, robberies down 40%, and aggravated assaults down 24%.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 19, 2026
The five percentages match Attorney General Blanche's October 16, 2026 remarks, which the claim repeats, but Memphis Report says Blanche gave no period or data set and the DOJ published no written figures.
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… Overall crime is at a 25-year low, down 34% from last year. You talk about the statistics, and sometimes they go in one year and out the other, but it makes a difference in our community when you talk about murders being down 33%, sexual assaults down 25%, motor vehicle thefts are down 54%, robberies are down 40%, aggravated assaults down 24%. So, those are all numbers that are just percentages, but what it actually means on a day-to-day basis is that the citizens of this county, the citizens of Tennessee, are in a safer environment, in a safer street, in a safer restaurant, in a safer building …
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Contradicts. Action News 5 reports double-digit weekly increases in several categories during early October 2026, which cuts against the claimed declines for that short recent window.[3]
Supports. A September 2026 White House release and City of Memphis dashboard report declines in every category, with murders down 36%, sexual assaults down 28%, motor vehicle thefts down 57%, robberies down 42%, and aggravated assaults down 26%, close to the claimed figures.[2][4]
Supports. MPD's second-quarter 2026 report shows murders down 60%, motor vehicle thefts down 54%, robberies down 38%, sexual assaults down 24%, and aggravated assaults down 30% compared with 2025, which brackets the claimed figures.[5]
Context. Memphis Report says Blanche did not specify the comparison period or data set for his percentages and that it has not verified them, so the exact figures depend on an unpublished measure.[6]
Context. FactCheck.org found different year-to-date drops (murder -41%, robbery -48%, motor vehicle theft -62% through August 18), showing that the figures depend on the period and measure used.[1]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Trump's Misleading Crime Drop Claimsfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2President Trump Promised to Make Memphis Safe Again. ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3October crime data for Memphis shows increases despite ...actionnews5.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4'Numbers prove it': Trump says Memphis crime is down 36% since ...wreg.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5MPD Reports Continued Crime Declines in Second Quarter of 2026memphispolice.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Blanche says Memphis Safe Task Force is staying with no end date: ‘We’re not cashing out our investment’memphisreport.com · not rated · cited for: context
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Related claims
- Overall crime in Memphis is at a 25-year low, down 34% from last year.Mixed
- Murders have dropped to the lowest rate in 90 years.Mixed
- Serious violent crime fell 25% nationwide in 2025.Mixed
- The federal task force in Memphis, Tennessee, has made more arrests for murders than the number of actual murders that have occurred.False
- Aggravated assault fell 31% nationwide in 2025.Mixed