FBI violent crime arrests double in Trump's first year compared to Biden record: 'Massive strides'

The FBI revealed Tuesday that full arrests for convulsive crimes person skyrocketed nether the Trump medication compared with the aforesaid play nether Biden.

According to documents obtained by Fox News Digital, yearly arrests remained dependable nether erstwhile President Joe Biden but rapidly doubled successful Trump’s archetypal twelvemonth successful office.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the staggering summation was straight driven by section bureaus receiving much resources to marque America safer.

"This is simply a nonstop effect of the FBI prioritizing taking down convulsive transgression and reorienting the Bureau to the absorption disconnected of Washington DC and springiness tract unit much tools they request to beryllium palmy successful states and localities crossed the country," Patel said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

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FBI Director Kash Patel White House speaks during a property briefing astatine the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"In conscionable 1 twelvemonth we person fundamentally doubled our fig of convulsive transgression arrests and made monolithic strides successful helping marque America safer than ever before."

Authorities noted that the reported arrests — which encompasses pack activity, transnational organized transgression and kid quality trafficking — were tracked crossed 17 cardinal tract offices.

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Two FBI agents basal adjacent to each different connected Feb. 5, 2025. (Shane Anthony for Fox News)

Total arrests jumped to astir 14,000 from Jan. 20 to Dec. 22, compared with astir 6,000 to 7,000 annually implicit the erstwhile 4 years, according to the statistics. 

Documents amusement arrests person skyrocketed crossed its cardinal FBI bureaus. Buffalo led the federation with a staggering 400% jump, soaring from 125 to 642. Jackson’s arrests much than tripled, rising 264.5% from 248 to 904. New York, which recorded the highest measurement of arrests, saw a 175.2% increase, climbing from 621 to 1,709. Nashville’s arrests surged 160% to 871, and Detroit saw a 150.8% rise, from 305 to 765.

A idiosyncratic passes by the FBI seal connected the partition of the FBI headquarters. (Reuters)

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Outside of the apical 5 offices, astir each different bureau besides saw increases including New Orleans, Miami, Houston and Dallas. The lone alteration was successful Seattle, wherever arrests fell by 7.5% from 320.

The FBI besides noted that full arrests, excluding crimes against children, much than doubled from 5,778 to 12,901.