Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime ...

WASHINGTON — DC Police Chief Pamela Smith pushed officers to lower crime statistics “by any means necessary,” including by categorizing even some violent offenses so they weren’t reported publicly, ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — City officials in Troy have released the 2025 end-of-year crime report, which showed a large reduction in crime in nearly every category from 2025 to 2024, except one. Along with ...

A scathing report released this week revealed that the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department cleared only 9.2% of its violent crimes and property offenses during Sheriff Chad Bianco’s first six years ...