{"id":4702,"date":"2026-08-16T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4702"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:07:35","slug":"crime-is-plummeting-across-the-us-can-trump-claim-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4702","title":{"rendered":"Crime is plummeting across the US.  Can Trump claim credit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The FBI recently released its . The numbers look very good as crime continues to fall. And indeed, Trump is doing a victory lap:<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4699\">The \u2018Contrast for America\u2019\u2014a good idea with a rotten rollout<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Trump touts dramatic crime declines under his leadership claiming thousands fewer murders and rapes more than a million fewer violent crimes and another sharp drop in killings and robberies in 2026 as he declares America is proving what happens when the White House backs the blue\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/mQjl2km1ME<\/p>\r\n\u2014 NewYork-Insight (@NewYork_Insight) August 14, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to CBS News:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Violent crime rates in the U.S. have plummeted, with the nation&#8217;s murder rate reaching a 20-year low in 2025 and violent crime overall showing the biggest one-year drop on record, according to data released Friday from the FBI&#8217;s annual crime report.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI&#8217;s report, which compiles crime data from about 87% of the country&#8217;s police departments, shows an 18.1% decrease in the murder rate compared with the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime rates in multiple categories also saw significant year-over-year decreases across the country, with aggravated assaults falling by 7.2%, rapes declining by 7.6% and robbery down 18.5%, according to the FBI&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p>[snip]<\/p>\n<p>In other categories, motor vehicle theft decreased by 22.7% in 2025 and burglary decreased by 15.8%, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The data reflects a trend experts have been tracking for several years as reported numbers of violent crimes continue to drop from a spike immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CBS, apparently mystified by it all, doesn\u2019t explain the \u201cspike,\u201d but it originated from the ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter agitation that began after the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, an event that resulted in reduced policing\u2014the so-called Ferguson effect. The ensuing rise in crime reached its apex in 2021 and 2022, following the overdose death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>The left points out that the recent decline in crime began in 2023 under Biden, trying to claim credit for it on one hand while denying any credit to Trump. True, the decline began in 2023, but it was inevitable. The left could not sustain the fervor of peak BLM and ANTIFA agitation, and police began to reassert themselves in response to public clamor over crime.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, as CBS notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Since taking office in January 2025, the Trump administration has pursued a hard-line approach to public safety. These efforts included major immigration crackdowns in cities across the country&#8230; The administration has also overseen the deployment of National Guard troops to several big cities. In Washington, D.C., the National Guard was sent to assist local police with high levels of vehicle theft and gun violence&#8230;<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4696\">Karoline Leavitt and the courage to walk away while winning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, will the left concede even some credit to Trump for this continued decline in crime? Stupid question, right?<\/p>\n<p>The most insane hot take comes from Paul Krugman. He claims that Trump is trying desperately to \u201csabotage\u201d this decline in crime brought about in part by <span>\u201c<\/span>social support programs made possible by Biden\u2019s American Rescue Plan Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A more nuanced\u2014and sane\u2014take comes from Adam Gelb, CEO of the Council on Criminal Justice:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span>The homicide drop is historic and crystal clear. But right now, what&#8217;s driving it is about as clear as a glass of milk&#8230; Rates are falling in cities with very different public safety strategies, economic conditions, and political leadership. The consistency across the map should make us cautious about handing credit to any one leader, party, policy, or program before the evidence catches up.<span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reality is that while the overall drop in crime is a nationwide trend, and thus the trend seems reasonably certain, that may be the only thing trustworthy in the data. For instance, supposedly, cashless bail has had no effect on crime in jurisdictions where it has been imposed, while, equally surprising, sanctuary policies have not increased crime, nor, supposedly and on the other hand, has closing the border and driving out over a million illegal aliens had any appreciable impact on crime.<\/p>\n<p>None of that seems probable. The scandal last year, in which D.C. police manipulated their crime data, is simply the clearest example of a problem that is ubiquitous in many major cities. Moreover, many states and localities refuse to identify illegal aliens who enter the state and local criminal justice system, making data collection difficult and statistics unreliable. Another related fraud is the recent trend of local police deliberately mislabeling the race of people they take into custody, further skewing criminal statistics.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We don&#8217;t have a White crime epidemic in this country, as the mainstream media would have you believe.<br\/>\n<br\/>\r\nWhat we have is a mis-labeling problem.<br\/>\n<br\/>\r\nEvery single one of these criminals is labeled as White. pic.twitter.com\/u0LoCa7aCQ<\/p>\r\n\u2014 The Seed (@theseed59788459) August 14, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>How in the world is that not being prosecuted as fraud?<\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say, there are lies, damn lies, and statistics&#8230;and then there are crime statistics abused by politicians, police, and partisans to tell a narrative, not reality. Perhaps that is something Congress and the Trump administration can turn their attention to next. Then perhaps, in addition to having real data on which to base policy decisions, we can give the President his full due for advancing our national drop in crime.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=4693\">AOC: Forget every woke thing I said<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4701\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c39c6a5fbe14275226902d39ab0fe724.jpg\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c39c6a5fbe14275226902d39ab0fe724.jpg 640w, https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c39c6a5fbe14275226902d39ab0fe724-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Image created using AI.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI recently released its . The numbers look very good as crime continues to fall. And indeed, Trump is doing a victory lap: Read more The \u2018Contrast for America\u2019\u2014a good idea with a rotten rollout Trump touts dramatic crime declines under his leadership claiming thousands fewer murders and rapes more than a million fewer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,16],"tags":[1872],"class_list":["post-4702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-culture","tag-related-topics-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crime is plummeting across the US. 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