In 2025, 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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VINCESep 16, 2026
The FBI's 2025 Uniform Crime Report shows the murder rate fell 18.1% (FactCheck.org gives 18.5%), the largest one-year decline since the FBI began national estimates in 1936, so the claim is supported. The sources do not establish the 'history of America' framing before 1936, and PolitiFact notes that pre-1960 data is not comparable, so that broader reach is unconfirmed.
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… out about his investigations into illegal straw donors and foreign money interfering in our elections, Cash also reeled off some of the big victories the FBI has had lately, including catching all of these top most wanted criminals. Cut seven, watch this. "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 10 most wanted fugitives on the FBI's list from the prior administration. In fact, Mr. …
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Supports. The FBI's 2025 report, as covered by NBC News, shows murder and nonnegligent manslaughter fell 18.1%, the largest year-to-year decrease in that category since the FBI's data-based estimates began in 1936.[3][4]
Supports. FactCheck.org reports that the murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate dropped 18.5% from 2024 to 2025, the largest one-year decline since the FBI began releasing nationwide estimates in 1936.[1]
Context. PolitiFact reports that experts expect the 2025 murder rate to be a 65-year low, but says it is unclear whether it is a record low going back 125 years because data before 1960 is not comparable.[2]
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4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2
- 1Trump's Numbers, October 2026 Updatefactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Is Trump right that US crime rate is lowest in 125 years? - PolitiFactpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3FBI Releases Historic Early Look at Annual Crime Datafbi.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4FBI reports record decrease in violent crime in 2025nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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