“A preliminary survey released on Monday found that the rate of violent crime victimization in 2025 fell by about 25% compared with the prior year, a significant drop that the Justice Department claimed represents the largest decline since 1973…

Aggravated assault victimization dropped an estimated 31%, with about 390,000 fewer incidents in 2025, compared with the prior year…

The survey for 2025 consisted of 101,980 household interviews. Overall, 53% of eligible households completed interviews, the Bureau of Justice Statistics said.

Other findings from the preliminary results of the survey showed that robbery was down 27% in 2025, property crime victimization was down 19%, burglary and trespassing were down 25% and motor vehicle theft was down 29%.

The preliminary results from the survey bolster findings from earlier this year in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, which showed that violent crime rates plummeted in 2025 with the country's murder rate reaching a 20-year low.”

From CBS News.