Violent crime fell sharply across the largest U.S. cities in early 2026, extending a nationwide decline that began after the pandemic-era crime spike.
The declines show up across every major region, suggesting a systemic, nationwide trend.
Homicides dropped 17.7%.
Robberies fell 20.4%.
Rapes declined 7.2%.
Aggravated assaults decreased 4.8%.
What a shit statistical bias to only graph the cities it decreased the most, making it look like a much greater drop in crime than it was. There are many cities where violent crime went up. Yes, overall stats suggest in the US (AND Canada) violent crime decreased. Also, this is not the final report and only preliminary data.
Two things. First, it lists the overall averages in the portion of the article posted. Second, it is important to reinforce the narrative around specific cities; Trump has repeatedly claimed that some of the cities on this list have “out of control crime,” and threatened federal intervention.
If you think it’s important to “reinforce the narrative around specific cities” that should be specifically stated. Currently, it is a heavily biased interpretation of data that doesn’t really need that kind of sketchy behavior.