As the U.S. marks its sharpest decrease in violent crime in recent history, researchers are leaving no stone unturned trying to decipher — with some even questioning whether the rise in Ozempic could be a factor in the lowered rates of violent offenses.
The violent crime rate fell 9.3 percent from 2024 to 2025, according to FBI data, marking the largest year-to-year decline since the FBI began following crime trends in 1936.
