{"id":138553,"date":"2026-08-15T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/15\/killings-and-other-violent-crimes-dropped-sharply-in-2025-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:00:01","slug":"killings-and-other-violent-crimes-dropped-sharply-in-2025-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/15\/killings-and-other-violent-crimes-dropped-sharply-in-2025-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Killings and other violent crimes dropped sharply in 2025 &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxONmhRaDNaYWZJNnNhVlJQWFJ4YnJnVEdpQUEzeFY5R2dXaXlKWXdBa25aYUM1Z0piQ29rRFdvRnAzNXVYTjQyNXBDWnk4SFJkX2Rrdm9kWHpRSjcxRlNNSEUxdDQ3ZHlHeU55SjA3VVFLUEtwOFFuZGl0V3NiWnNHMmVIdzNOM2RzWnBtU2ROcnBXYjRqV3h3ajZaeXNOa3pST0hvSk12OS1mYmRfTUYzZmo5ZV9vTE93eVZmdDVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Killings and other violent crimes dropped sharply in 2025<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxPM3Ywb3M1bVlCOTFtVnY5NTFoRHRJODYyZlNBZW1BaVRITkhmRUNWY09UR2dMalUySGFua1dTSmw5RVlzWGh1WldFempmTUM2NHFWeW53MVFLc3VYMFlaWkNBbVdOcXFDUXBOcWZKLXZGbEl6UnotV01fQVRLSlNWYjdkeWZaNnlJcC1fQm9WdlJaSGJW?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Murder is at lowest rate since the 1950s. Trump touts it as a personal success.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxONUluajhoS0FGVHFRbG9CdE13eWdkRzdwdkdNLWpHMk85WHQyQzVObERDanF3ZWdZVzhvUE9yNFZvQjJfZVpSd2wxY0RjbTN1cXlxYVQ0QS1YamQ2M3lpUWlCQVZHZE1rNm11Y0xDeTU1UTNCX2cwYUhDbXlLY3huYTVnMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Violent crime plummeted in 2025, with murder rate hitting 20-year low, FBI says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTFBMeXVrVDZnUGNnTDVTUkJnR280bjh2aU1ETG9CYkNnZmctdzl2Z0lMdmIwdzQzdVlsZmdqWmlOMnJrd3dJVVlYbF80NEpKc1NMc002M2hOM3FibFVLNmtIbUdqZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Administration News: President Takes Credit for Steep Crime Rate Declines With False Claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNcmpYNndpc3JkdGZCVVZMWFVoQW5YSWVtT1doMm9kYlJINlMwOW5ZbEt5cGJtb0dYM3B1Mi1yNHhkLXVjZE9iaDdyTFRhcVpfaXVDWVZrbmxRRFJJeE9LUE43WWRWaXlHUWZKWDQ5WGYtRnpIUThPa19JUlRIcTR4b21La1VrcHNpbnFkd3Z2blhZQWNrUy1R?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">World in Brief: Sharp decline in American violent crime; eastern Indonesia hit by earthquake<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Economist<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Killings and other violent crimes dropped sharply in 2025&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Murder is at lowest rate since the 1950s. Trump touts it as a personal&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/15\/killings-and-other-violent-crimes-dropped-sharply-in-2025-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}