The FBI delivered the largest reduction in the murder rate in the history of America according to the Uniform Crime Report.
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The Dan Bongino ShowSep 16, 2026
The FBI's 2025 Uniform Crime Report shows an 18.1% drop in the murder rate, the largest year-to-year decrease since the FBI began national estimates in 1936, so the claim is supported.
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… That's up 13%. This FBI is making America safe. We, this FBI, have arrested 4,260 foreign terrorist organization related aliens. That's up 38%. This FBI has executed 86 foreign transfers of custody, a 54% increase, for perps captured overseas in 2025. According to the Uniform Crime Report, we delivered the largest reduction in the murder rate in the history of America. We, the FBI, captured more than two and a half times the number of the top ten most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list from the prior administration. In fact, Mr. …
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Supports. NBC News reports that the 2025 murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate fell 18.1%, the largest year-to-year decrease since the FBI introduced its data-based estimates in 1936, according to the UCR.[2]
Supports. USA Today reports, citing the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Reporting report, that murders fell 18.1% from 2024, with murder and violent crime posting the largest year-to-year decrease since the agency began tabulating figures in 1936.[3]
Supports. The FBI's own August 2026 release describes the 2025 decline as the largest reduction in violent crime in U.S. history and gives the murder rate as 4.1 per 100,000, tied for the lowest since FBI estimates began.[1]
Context. The Washington Post, via the Inquirer, says murder and violent crime rates fell sharply in 2025, the largest year-to-year decrease since the federal government began tracking nationwide crime rates in 1936.[4]
Context. The claim's wording matches the passage in the post, which attributes the same finding to the Uniform Crime Report. The claim was made on 2026-09-16, after the August 2026 UCR release, so it describes the state of affairs at that time.[1][2]
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4 sources: 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Violent Crime Falls at Historic Rate, New FBI Data Show — FBIfbi.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 2FBI reports record decrease in violent crime in 2025nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3FBI: Nation's murder rates drop to historic lowsusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Killings and other violent crimes dropped sharply in 2025inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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