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National decline in violent crime

The decline in violent crime rates at the national level in 2024 and 2025

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Jan 27, 2026
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How do crime statistics in the USA compare when broken down between illegal immigrants, legal non-citizens, and citizens?

Research that directly compares citizens, legal non‑citizens, and undocumented -rates">immigrants—most comprehensively the study using state arrest records—finds that immigrants overall, and undocumen...

Jan 30, 2026
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How do crime rates differ between red and blue states in the US?

The simple claim that “” or “blue cities have worse crime” cannot be sustained without qualification: homicide and broader violent-crime patterns change depending on whether researchers compare states...

Jan 30, 2026
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Which is states has the lowest crime rate?

, and consistently appear at the top of national lists for , with Maine often cited as the state with the lowest violent‑crime rate and New Hampshire and Vermont routinely ranked among the least viole...

Feb 3, 2026

Which specific crime categories (homicide, robbery, burglary) differ most between the 1960s/1970s and 2024–2025 per capita rates?

Robbery shows the largest per‑capita decline when in the 1960s–1970s to 2024–2025, with burglary a close second and homicide a smaller net change because the murder rate has broadly returned to mid‑20...

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