Crime & Public Safety

Tennessee Lawmakers Question Memphis Police Data Showing Crime Hit a 25-Year Low

As Trump deploys the National Guard to quell crime in Memphis, state representatives are asking for an audit of crime statistics.
Tennessee Lawmakers Question Memphis Police Data Showing Crime Hit a 25-Year Low
The Mississippi River in Memphis on Sept. 10, 2025. Karen Pulfer Focht/Reuters
Austin Alonzo
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Days before President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis to deal with “tremendous levels of violent crime,” the city’s police department said that crime was at a 25-year low in the city.

While crime has improved in the city in recent months, Memphis remains one of the most crime-ridden big cities in the United States, trailing only Chicago and Houston in total homicides last year.

Austin Alonzo
Austin Alonzo
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Austin Alonzo covers U.S. political and national news for The Epoch Times. He has covered local, business and agricultural news in Kansas City, Missouri, since 2012. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri. You can reach Austin via email at [email protected]
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