The FBI has released its latest crime estimates, showing the steepest one-year drop in violent crime rates since the bureau started producing those figures in 1936. From 2024 to 2025, murder fell 18.1 percent, rape fell 7.6 percent, aggravated assault fell 7.2 percent, and robbery fell 18.5 percent. The 2025 murder rate matched the lowest levels on record, tying the rates from 1955 and 1956.