Joint Statement on Historic Public Safety Progress in 2025

BALTIMORE, MD (Thursday, January 1, 2026) - In 2025, Baltimore experienced continued historic progress on public safety, with homicides declining 31.44% and nonfatal shootings declining 24.51%. Baltimore had 133 homicides* this year- the fewest in nearly 50 years. In total, over the past five years, homicides are down 58.69% and nonfatal shootings are down 57.33%. In recognition of this milestone, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Police Commissioner Richard Worley, and Stefanie Mavronis, Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, released the following statement:

"The progress we made this year was thanks to the tireless efforts of the men and women of BPD, our community violence interruptors, the Attorney General and State's Attorney's Offices, our state and federal law enforcement partners, and most importantly, Baltimore residents, who have embraced our comprehensive violence prevention strategy and helped to make it successful. 133 homicides is still 133 too many. But we are seeing the positive impact of our work each and every day- not just in the data, but in the lives of the residents we serve. It takes all of us to build on this progress as we mark the beginning of another year and reaffirm our commitment to ending violence in our city."

*NOTE: Prior year figures reflect updates to the process for counting historical homicides under the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), which reclassified incidents into the appropriate calendar year in which they occurred. This change affects the number of in-year homicide and shooting incidents reported in different calendar years. See more here.

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