Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Crime is falling across the United States in every category except one—shoplifting. According to the latest report from ...

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report shows that murder rose nationally for the second straight year in 2016, and we can feel fairly confident in that assessment because murders rarely escape the attention ...

Crime rates continued to fall in 2025, with homicides down 21% from 2024 and 44% since a recent peak in 2021, likely bringing the national homicide rate to its lowest level in more than a century, ...

If you are a Gen Xer, born between 1965 and 1980, you may immediately be able to recall several safety campaigns that you were taught as a child, like McGruff the Crime Dog telling you to avoid ...

A panel of the National Research Council assessed and made recommendations for the development of a modern set of crime measures in the United States and the best means for obtaining them. A panel of ...