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Violent and property crime rates fell to 20 year low, FBI says

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published August 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM CDT

Violent crime and property crime rates fell to a 20-year low in 2024, following the COVID-19-era crime surge, according to new FBI data.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Jeff Asher, co-founder of AH Datalytics, about what the data shows.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.