Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

DETROIT – Detroit officials say the city saw a dramatic drop in violent crime in 2025, reaching levels not seen in decades and falling below 200 homicides for the first time since the mid-1960s.

This story has been updated with new information. Homicides in Detroit continue to decline, with 2025 marking what officials have described as yet another historic drop: the fewest murders since 1964, ...

DETROIT – Murders in Detroit continue to tumble as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- to mid-1960s. For all of 2025, 165 homicides were committed in ...