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Murders in 2025 Were Likely Solved at the Highest Rate This Century

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By Jeff Asher
| Substack
One of the cool new features on our newly released Crime Index is the ability to visualize changing clearance rates (along with crime) as they change. With a few button clicks you can see the US murder clearance rate trend for the last few years. As you can see, murder clearances were right around 60 percent pre-COVID, fell to around 50 percent in 2021 and 2022 before rebounding steadily through the end of 2025.
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2026 Will Likely Have The Lowest US Murder Rate Ever Recorded

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By Jeff Asher
| Substack
Yes, it’s late May and there are still more than seven full months remaining in 2026, but there has been enough data collected on this year to say that this year will likely set a new record for lowest murder rate ever recorded by the FBI when their Crime in the Nation report comes out sometime next summer or fall. Thanks for reading Jeff-alytics! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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Reported Hate Crimes Likely Fell in 2025

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By Jeff Asher
| Substack
The FBI’s switch to monthly reporting means that we don’t have to wait nine months to analyze our nation’s crime trends. So, while the FBI will put out a formal report on hate crimes, the monthly data gives us sufficient evidence so far to say with decent confidence that reported hate crimes in the United States are falling. I’ll reiterate the disclaimer though that this assessment is based on monthly reporting that isn’t all there just yet.
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