U.S. crime has dropped sharply since the pandemic. Here's where it stands.

"This is a real trend that we are seeing, and I have no reason to think, barring another pandemic, that we are not going to continue to see the declines going forward,"

"everywhere and all-crime phenomena"

U.S. cities experienced multiyear declines in homicides and other crimes, returning to safety levels similar to those before the pandemic. Data from more than 100 police departments show drops in both violent and property crime nationwide, with aggravated assault and burglary falling to their lowest rates since 2020. Homicides decreased about 38 percent since 2020 across 52 large cities, and some cities recorded the fewest murders in half a century. Mass shootings, defined as incidents with four or more deaths, are at their lowest level since 2006. Criminologist Alex Piquero describes the decline as an everywhere and all-crime phenomena and forecasts continued reductions absent another major disruption.

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