The biggest drop in murder on record
The FBI says the 2025 murder rate fell 18.5% to 4.1 per 100,000, the largest one-year drop since its national estimates began in 1936 and tied for the lowest on its books.
Crime & Public Safety
Fewer funerals, fewer overdoses and police who know Washington has their back.
14 wins
Crime keeps falling in 2026
Preliminary FBI figures for January through June 2026 show murder down another 23%, robbery down 19.6% and violent crime down 10.6% from the same months of 2025.
Fentanyl deaths keep falling
CDC data show overdose deaths fell 13% in 2025 and fentanyl-type deaths fell 21%; the 12-month toll through April 2026 was the lowest since early 2017.
A safer capital for every family
The federal D.C. Safe Task Force has made more than 17,000 arrests and seized over 2,000 illegal guns, and D.C. homicides are running 29% below last year.
Fentanyl copycats banned for good
Fentanyl seizures at the southern border fell 56%, and the bipartisan HALT Fentanyl Act permanently classified fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs.
Cartels are now terrorist organizations
Trump designated major cartels and gangs, including Sinaloa, Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and Clan del Golfo, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Treasury keeps sanctioning their networks.
More than 10,000 gang members arrested
ICE has arrested more than 10,000 illegal-immigrant gang members through June 2026, including members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua.
Drug boats stopped at sea
The military has struck drug-smuggling boats headed for the U.S., and DHS reports the Coast Guard seized more than 260,000 pounds of cocaine in Operation Pacific Viper.
Memphis turns the corner
The Memphis Safe Task Force made more than 13,100 criminal arrests and seized 2,200 illegal guns in its first year, and the White House says murders hit a 20-year low.
Nine of the FBI's most wanted, caught
Nine of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives have been captured, more than twice as many as in the entire previous four-year term.
Truckers must speak English
DOT has taken more than 9,500 commercial drivers out of service for failing English-proficiency rules and shut down 270 driving schools in a CDL fraud crackdown.
Rebuilding air traffic control
Trump launched a full overhaul of the nation's outdated air-traffic-control system, a multi-year project now underway.
Fewer officers killed in the line of duty
On-duty law enforcement deaths fell 25% in 2025.
Antifa labeled a terror group
Trump declared Antifa a domestic terrorist organization and opened investigations into its funding.