Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, argued that people who commit crimes out of desperation should not always be considered as criminals. Crockett appeared on Jonathan Van Ness’ "Getting Better" podcast, ...

With 2025 behind us, violent crime — especially murder — is likely down nationally once again. Although it will be months before we have official statistics, early indicators suggest a continuation of ...

Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime ...

Even as violence crime rates fall, Republicans have sought to tie murders and drug overdoses to migrants. Here’s a rundown of crime rates in swing states. By Shaila Dewan Michael Corkery and Tim ...

Crime fell across much of the U.S. in 2025 — in the Midwest, the South, the Northeast and the West, in big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states. The number of murders saw a huge drop — ...

Business owners in a New England college city are reportedly close to a breaking point as crime affects its downtown, potentially bringing trouble for students' parents and leaf-peeping tourists in ...

Last summer, a protester in Seattle made an anti-police sign with an unusual message. Hey SPD, it read. Crime is down 20 percent, and you had nothing to do with it. The taunt was glib, but it hinted ...

Lincoln Moon, 49, is wanted in Rock Island County for failure to appear in court on a delivery/possession with intent to deliver meth charge.