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Crime is down.Keep it that way.

Real crime tracking for 25 major U.S. cities, styled in loving tribute to a certain game dropping this November. Our theory: nobody wants to be in a cell on launch day. Stay free. Stay legendary.

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Live City Crime Overview

Every city. Every day.

Each city is compared against itself over the same period last year, using its own official data. Crime is trending down in 21 of 25 tracked cities. Definitions and reporting windows vary by city — see methodology.

●LIVE — refreshes from city API YTD 2026 Q1 2026 FY 2025 LIMITED DATA
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The Theory

Coincidence? Maybe. Legendary? Absolutely.

U.S. crime has been falling at record rates heading into the biggest game launch in history. Criminologists credit better violence intervention, post-pandemic normalization, and policing investments. We credit the fact that nobody — nobody — wants to be doing 5-to-10 in a bunk bed on November 19, 2026. Either way: the numbers below are real.

“Murders in the U.S. fell roughly 20% in 2025 — the largest single-year drop on record, surpassing 2024’s then-record 15% decline. The national homicide rate (~4.1 per 100k) may be the lowest the FBI has ever recorded.”

Jeff Asher / Jeff-alytics, Dec 2025

“Homicides dropped 21% in 2025 across 40 large U.S. cities — potentially the lowest murder rate since 1900 — with carjackings down 61% since 2023 and violent crime at or below pre-pandemic levels.”

Council on Criminal Justice via CBS News, Jan 2026

“Murder is down ~19% year-to-date through April 2026 in a 30-city sample, putting 2026 on pace for the lowest U.S. murder rate ever recorded — potentially below 4 per 100,000 for the first time.”

Jeff Asher / Jeff-alytics, May 2026

📊 Methodology — read this before you compare cities

Every city card compares a city to itself over the same window last year, using its own official source: open-data incident APIs, CompStat/NIBRS reports, MCCA quarterly surveys, or department statements. Crime definitions differ by city (e.g. Chicago counts battery in “violent crime”; NYC tracks 7 major felonies) — so don’t compare absolute counts across cities. Reporting windows differ too: cards are badged LIVE, YTD 2026, Q1 2026, FY 2025, or LIMITED. LIVE cities re-query their city’s public API on every page load with a 7-day reporting-lag buffer; preliminary data can be revised. The Refund Meter is self-reported by visitors and unverified. This is a fan-made awareness project — not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive, and not an official crime statistics service.

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