Politics · FBI: 2025 crime dropFBI: 2025 Saw Largest Violent Crime Drop Ever, 9 of 10 Most Wanted CaughtAired August 16, 2026 at 1:17 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:002025 produced the single largest0:02reduction in violent crime in American0:04history. And as of this week, nine of 100:06fugitives on the FBI's most wanted list0:09have been captured. Nine out of 10 names0:11[music] on the Bureau's most wanted list0:13are now in custody, leaving a single0:15fugitive still sought after a year0:16framed as a historic [music] turn in0:18enforcement. The new 2025 Uniform Crime0:21Report was presented August 14th [music]0:23at the Nassau County Police Academy0:24Center for Training and Intelligence on0:26Long Island, New York, where the results0:28were credited to presidential leadership0:30and support for police.0:31>> [music]0:31>> The pledge going forward is to keep0:33pressing against violent crime, framing0:35the historic statistical decline as0:37fewer attacks in neighborhoods and fewer0:39families [music] facing the aftermath.0:40The Bureau released video of the remarks0:42before the full report's detailed tables0:44were publicly available for independent0:46review. [music]0:47So, the scope and methodology behind the0:48record decline have not yet been0:50examined outside the Bureau. What holds0:52steady is the Bureau's description0:53[music] of 2025 as a record-setting0:56year. While the underlying tables that0:57would allow outside verification remain1:00outstanding.1:01Like and follow for more stories that1:03matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗