The violent crime rate in the United States has dropped to record lows. It is wonderful news, but people shouldn’t become complacent and shouldn’t accept the weakening of the justice system at the hands of criminal justice reform activists and Democratic politicians.

According to FBI data, the violent crime rate in the U.S. in 2024 is the lowest it has been since 1969, and the preliminary data for 2025 through October show another drop of 10%. The property crime rate is expected to be the lowest ever recorded. The homicide rate could also come back as the lowest ever recorded, going back to 1900, and even substantial revisions to the data would leave it among the lowest rates in recorded history.