Why violent crime is dropping in US cities
Why violent crime is dropping in US cities
- February 17, 2026
- Emily Owens, criminology, law and society and CPIP affiliate, The Hill, Feb. 17, 2026
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Emily Owens, a professor of criminology and economics at the University of California, Irvine, agreed that the national trend suggests a larger reason. … “The consistency of the homicide decline, both across cities and over time, makes me inclined to think this has to do with larger social movements, temporarily disrupted by COVID-19 when the world turned upside down, than with any one particular thing one particular city might be doing,” Owens said in an analysis of the data.
For the full story, please visit https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5740884-violent-crime-decline-2025/.
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