Overview

• Violent crime fell 4.5% nationwide in 2024 and property crime dropped 8.1%, marking the second consecutive annual decline in major offense categories.
• Murders and nonnegligent manslaughter declined 14.9% to a nine-year low, while motor vehicle thefts plunged 18.6%, the largest one-year drop on record.
• Assaults on law enforcement officers reached 85,730 incidents, the highest in a decade, and 64 officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year.
• The report draws on voluntary submissions from 16,675 agencies covering about 95.6% of the U.S. population and notes limitations in coverage and consistency.
• FBI leaders declined to attribute the overall crime reductions to specific causes and plan to publish monthly updates alongside an in-depth study on officer safety.