Good News! US Murder Rate Plummeting in 2025; Lowest Since the 1960s

Alan Jamison : Jun 5, 2025
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[AMAC.us] The United States is on track to record its lowest murder rate in more than six decades—a major public safety milestone under President Donald Trump's leadership. New data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that the murder rate is plummeting nationwide. According to the Real-Time Crime Index, the number of murders in the country has dropped by 21.6 percent compared to the same period in 2024. In early May alone, murder rates fell 31.6 percent in Baltimore, 34.5 percent in St. Louis, 36.8 percent in Cleveland, 63 percent in Denver, 30.6 percent in New Orleans, 26.8 percent in New York, and 23.7 percent in Chicago ... Reporter Billy Binion ... wrote that 2025 could "see the lowest murder rate ever recorded. The initial numbers show a record low is within the realm of possibility—an amazing turn of events, particularly when considering the murder increase five years ago, which at times felt apocalyptic."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via The Free Press)