FBI Data Reveal Historic Uptick in Arrests Amid ‘Full-Scale Reset’ of Agency

While investigations unravel criminal enterprises, the nationwide murder rate declined by the most ever recorded in one year.

Members of FBI SWAT arrive as law enforcement responds to reports of an armed individual near Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Mclean, Va., on March 19, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The first year of President Donald Trump’s second term saw historic reductions in violent crimes, while federal arrests soared by 100 percent, according to the FBI.

The 2025 milestones were achieved as a result of a “full-scale reset of the FBI—operationally, culturally, and fiscally,” FBI Director Kash Patel told The Epoch Times.