Is US crime at a historic low?

BBC Verify assesses claims by the Trump administration that crime and murder in the US are at their lowest levels for 125 years.

A study by the Council on Criminal Justice found that murders in the U.S. dropped by over 20% in 2025, marking the largest one-year decline on record and potentially the lowest murder rate since 1900.

President Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. murder rate was at a 47-year high, despite FBI data showing it was near a 57-year low at the time.

CNN fact-checked President Trump's assertion that the U.S. murder rate was at a 47-year high, revealing that the actual rate was significantly lower than claimed.

CNN fact-checked claims made during the Republican National Convention, including false assertions about rising crime rates, highlighting that violent crime had actually declined in recent years.