Detroit experienced a historic drop in violent crime in 2025, with the lowest murder rate since 1965 and significant reductions across all major crime categories. Under Mayor Mary Sheffield's ...

DETROIT — The city fell under 200 homicides for the first time in six decades in 2025, Police Chief Todd Bettison and other city officials said Wednesday, marking three consecutive years of decline ...

DETROIT (AP) — Murders in Detroit continue to tumble as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- to mid-1960s. For all of 2025, 165 homicides were committed ...

Detroit Police Chief Todd A. Bettison, Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and others, during a press conference on the 'plummet' in violent crime statistics in 2025, at DPSH, in Detroit, Michigan on January ...

Detroit reported its lowest murder rate since 1965 in 2025, with significant reductions across major crime categories, including a 10.2% drop in violent crime and a 9.7% decrease in property crime.