These five cities help explain why homicide rates are down across the U.S. National Von: Reis Thebault · Katie Mettler · Tim Craig · Kim Bellware · Ben Brasch · John Harden · Carson TerBush 20. November 2025 um 11:00 Homicides are down nearly 20 percent this year in 52 of America’s largest cities, a decline that spans both red states and blue states.