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Detroit homicides drop 19% for 2025, fewest since 1964

Detroit goes from one of America’s most dangerous cities to historic low crime rates

DETROIT - Once known as one of, if not America’s most dangerous city, Detroit is now reporting historically low major crime numbers.

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Detroit officials report historic drop in homicides, violent crimes in city

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Detroit violent crime drops to lowest level in decades, homicides fall below 200 for first time since 1965

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Homicides continue to fall in Detroit as city mirrors national trend on violent crime

Murders in Detroit continue to tumble as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- to mid-1960s.

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Oakland’s homicide rate in 2025 was lowest in nearly 6 decades

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Detroit celebrates city's falling homicide rate, other declining violent crime milestones

Detroit murders fall below 200 for first time in six decades, police chief says

Detroit fell under 200 murders for the first time in six decades in 2025, Police Chief Todd Bettison said, marking three straight years of decline.

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Detroit sees lowest murder rate since 1965 amid decline in crime

Homicides decreased 18.7% from 2024 and 34.5% from 2023, with 165 murders recorded -- the lowest number since 1965. This is the first time in roughly 60 years that Detroit has seen fewer than 200 murders. Nonfatal shootings dropped to 447 in 2025 from 607 the previous year. In 2020, the city recorded more than 1,000 nonfatal shootings.

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Detroit Celebrates Historic Plunge in Violent Crime: Murders at Lowest Since '65 Amid Sweeping Safety Surge!

Detroit records its lowest murder rate since 1965 with overall crime declining, including a 34.5% drop in homicides and reductions in nonfatal shootings and carjackings. New community-focused safety initiatives are being launched.

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Family holds vigil after two brothers attacked, leaving one dead outside Detroit bar: "My boys are loved"

Hundreds gathered on Tuesday evening outside of Chita's Nefertiti bar, where a 28-year-old man was shot to death, and his brother was stabbed multiple times over the weekend.