{"id":2547906,"date":"2026-01-22T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-takes-credit-for-largest-ever-drop-in-murder-rate\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:28:51","slug":"trump-administration-takes-credit-for-largest-ever-drop-in-murder-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-takes-credit-for-largest-ever-drop-in-murder-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration takes credit for largest-ever drop in murder rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-administration-takes-credit-for-largest-ever-drop-in-murder-rate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2547906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>FBI Director Kash Patel credited the Trump management&#8217;s law-and-order policies for what he called the largest single-year drop in U.S. murders, pointing to an X post that touted &#8220;nearly 200% more arrests,&#8221; disrupted gangs and fugitives captured. A Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report-analyzing data from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >40 large cities-found murders fell<\/a> about 21% in 2025, the biggest one-year decline on record; the study also reported aggravated assaults down 9%, gun assaults down 22% and robberies down 23%, while drug crimes rose 7%. The report omitted cities wiht the highest per-capita murder rates, such as Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama. The White House credited a series of federal interventions under its &#8220;Making Our Communities Safe Again&#8221; agenda for reductions in rapes,robberies and aggravated assaults,and highlighted targeted operations in Democrat-led cities-citing,for example,a Washington,D.C., task force that made thousands of arrests and seized hundreds of illegal firearms and an Operation Summer Heat that led to more than 8,700 arrests. While CCJ researchers note crime has been trending downward since the early 2000s, administration officials characterized the recent pace of decline as unprecedented.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration takes credit for largest-ever drop in murder rate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2481211\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\">FBI Director Kash Patel<\/a> credited the Trump administration&rsquo;s law-and-order policies for producing the U.S.&rsquo;s largest-ever drop in murders in the first year of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\">President Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> second term.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/counciloncj.org\/crime-trends-in-u-s-cities-year-end-2025-update\/\">Council on Criminal Justice<\/a> released a report, notably leaving out the top two murder rates in national cities per capita, showing that U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/murder\/\">murders<\/a> dropped by 21% in 2025. The report, which analyzed data from 40 large cities, showed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sharpest-life-expectancy-drop-in-100-years-has-more-causes-than-covid-19\/\" title=\"Sharpest Life Expectancy ... in 100 ...s Has More Causes Than COVID-19\">largest single-year decline<\/a> on record.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4427982\/clintons-face-congressional-contempt-defying-epstein-investigation\/\">Democrats back contempt vote against Clintons over Epstein investigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4426803\/mississippi-synagogue-arson-suspect-not-guilty-plea\/\">Man accused of setting fire to Mississippi synagogue pleads not guilty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4426343\/ice-says-minnesota-wont-allow-arrests-criminal-illegal-immigrants-state-jails\/\">ICE: Minnesota won&#8217;t let us arrest 1,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-pleads-with-mn-dems-to-turn-over-illegal-immigrants-in-jail\/\" title=\"ICE pleads with MN Dems to turn over illegal immigrants in jail\">360 criminal illegal immigrants<\/a> in state jails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Patel argued that this historic turnaround is a direct result of Trump&rsquo;s crackdown on crime, including a significant increase in violent crime arrests and the disruption of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gangs\/\">gangs<\/a> and criminal enterprises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Media outlets] somehow forgot to mention President Trump or the historic results of this FBI,&rdquo; Patel said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2014374544144830587\">an X post<\/a>. &ldquo;Nearly 200% more arrests. Violent gangs crushed. Fugitives hunted down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The CCJ study shows that aggravated assaults fell by 9%, while gun assaults and robberies tumbled by 22% and 23%, respectively. Drug crimes were the only category to increase, rising by 7%.<\/p>\n<p>While the CCJ study reports a decrease in crime, Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, were not included in the study despite having the highest murder rates per 100,000 people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While researchers from the CCJ noted that crime had been steadily dropping since the early 2000s, Patel countered that the current pace of decline is unprecedented, attaching a graphic showing the &ldquo;FBI&rsquo;s historic year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Axios just reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/luna-to-lead-el-salvador-caucus-delegation-to-meet-with-bukele-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Luna to lead El Salvador Caucus delegation to meet with Bukele - Washington Examiner\">lowest murder rate<\/a> since 1900, down 20% from 2024, and somehow forgot to mention President Trump or the historic results of this FBI. <\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200% more arrests.  Violent gangs crushed. Fugitives hunted down. <\/p>\n<p>Media gymnastics can&rsquo;t hide the reality that&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/48s9JPtXcw\">pic.twitter.com\/48s9JPtXcw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2014374544144830587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In celebration of Trump&rsquo;s first year in office, the White House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2026\/01\/365-wins-in-365-days-president-trumps-return-marks-new-era-of-success-prosperity\/\">detailed a series of federal interventions<\/a> as the primary drivers behind drops in rapes, robberies, and aggravated assault, by 6%, 16% and 10%, respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;Making Our Communities Safe Again&rdquo; agenda focused heavily on a targeted federal crackdown in Democrat-led cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Washington, D.C., Safe and Beautiful Task Force reportedly conducted 7,500 arrests and seized 735 illegal firearms. D.C. saw a 60% drop in murders following federal intervention.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4429238\/zelensky-trilateral-meeting-us-russian-officials-uae\/\"><strong>ZELENSKY ANNOUNCES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH US AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN UAE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patel has been a central figure in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-attorney-jeanine-pirro-touts-12th-day-of-no-homicides-after-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown\/\" title=\"U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro touts 12th day of no homicides after Trump&#039;s DC ... crackdown\">crime crackdown efforts<\/a>, spearheading Operation Summer Heat, a nationwide initiative to capture the &ldquo;worst of the worst&rdquo; violent offenders.<\/p>\n<p>The three-month operation resulted in more than 8,700 arrests of narcotics traffickers, gang members, and violent felons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump credits crackdown for record drop in murders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2547907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kash-patel-fbi-minnesota-fraud.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[40660,51050,56375,32640],"class_list":["post-2547906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-crime-statistics","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-murder-rate","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kash-patel-fbi-minnesota-fraud.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547906"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2547910,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547906\/revisions\/2547910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2547907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}