Following a 20% decline in murders in 2023 and a further 13% decline in 2024 in Houston, the initiative expanded to include Memphis, St. Louis, Jackson, and Hartford. Each of these cities where data is available saw a decline in murders last year.
· Recently released 2024 data from the FBI show historic lows in the national murderrate, violentcrimerate, and property crime rate.
· Asher cited year-over-year data from the Real Time Crime index, which shows the murderrate has decreased nationally by nearly 20 percent from 2024 to 2025. This guide is intended to give state leaders options for supporting efforts to solve more violentcrime and provide examples of policies that states and cities around the country have developed to increase solve rates and improve public safety. In June 2024, the Council on Criminal Justice Crime Trends Working Group released a set of findings and recommendations to improve the country’scrime data infrastructure and reporting. · As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violentcrimes compared to 2023. But the work of law enforcement across the country – a partnership between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies – has no doubt played a leading role. This report summarizes the contributions that the Department made in that all-of-government effort.
This guide is intended to give state leaders options for supporting efforts to solve more violentcrime and provide examples of policies that states and cities around the country have developed to increase solve rates and improve public safety.
In June 2024, the Council on Criminal Justice Crime Trends Working Group released a set of findings and recommendations to improve the country’scrime data infrastructure and reporting.
· As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violentcrimes compared to 2023.
But the work of law enforcement across the country – a partnership between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies – has no doubt played a leading role. This report summarizes the contributions that the Department made in that all-of-government effort.
