Overview
- Year-end data show violent crime fell 10.2% in 2025 and property crime dropped 9.7% citywide.
- Homicides declined to 165, down 18.7% from 2024 and 34.5% from 2023, marking the first year under 200 since 1965.
- Nonfatal shootings fell to 447 from 607, with carjackings down to 77 and motor-vehicle thefts down 23.3% from 2024.
- Sexual assaults decreased 13.7%, aggravated assaults 8.4%, robberies 21.2%, and burglaries 10% compared with the prior year.
- At a Jan. 7 briefing, Mayor Mary Sheffield announced plans for an Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety as Police Chief Todd Bettison pledged to double down on effective strategies.