All categories of crime decreased in California from 2024 to 2025, with 2025 seeing the lowest rates of homicides and shootings on record, according to crime reports released Wednesday by the state Department of Justice.

“The big takeaway is this: 2025 saw massive reductions in crime across the board,” said Attorney General Rob Bonta in a briefing in San Francisco on Wednesday. “We have record lows, and that’s worth taking a moment to applaud and uplift.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.