Despite the fewest number of crimes reported in 15 years, Memphis was still had the nation's top crime rate in 2025.

Memphis crime continued declining in 2025, according to data, but it remains America's worst city for crime. Here's what the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Violent crime in Memphis has dropped nearly 40% compared to this time last year, according to Memphis Police Department data. The decline comes as the Memphis Safe Task Force, ...

Crime in Memphis has continued its precipitous decrease through the first half of the year, data from the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission indicates. Compared to the same time frame in 2025, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Murders in Memphis are down 44% in the first six months of 2026, compared to the same time last year, and motor ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Data from the City of Memphis shows significant decreases in violent crime, compared to the same time period in 2025— including 2023, the worst year on record for violent crime in the ...

Two Memphis crime and violence prevention organizations will receive part of a $1 million grant to further their efforts to divert youth from crime. "This is, as most of you know, my last term," Cohen ...

MEMPHIS, TENN. — When President Trump announced an anti-crime task force for Memphis last fall, federal and local officials never mentioned immigration enforcement as a goal. But the influx of federal ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The City of Memphis awarded $40,000 in crime prevention grants to 17 neighborhood groups and organizations Thursday, funding projects aimed at making neighborhoods safer. City leaders ...