Detroit leaders announced a historic drop in violent crime in 2025, beating the previous low in 2024. During its third quarter, Detroit saw a double-digit drop in homicides, nonfatal shootings and ...

DETROIT – Detroit officials say the city saw a dramatic drop in violent crime in 2025, reaching levels not seen in decades and falling below 200 homicides for the first time since the mid-1960s.

Detroit reported its lowest murder rate since 1965 in 2025, with significant reductions across major crime categories, including a 10.2% drop in violent crime and a 9.7% decrease in property crime.

DETROIT (AP) — Murders in Detroit continue to tumble as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- to mid-1960s. For all of 2025, 165 homicides were committed ...

Detroit Police Chief Todd A. Bettison, Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and others, during a press conference on the 'plummet' in violent crime statistics in 2025, at DPSH, in Detroit, Michigan on January ...