ST. LOUIS – New crime data shared by St. Louis city leaders earlier this week suggests that overall crime is on the decline across the city, particularly homicides.

On Wednesday, the City of St. Louis reported that its homicide count for the first three months of 2025, reported as 23 homicides, is the lowest the city has seen at this point of the year since 2005, marking a 20-year-low.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and Police Chief Robert Tracy spoke on the statistics during a news conference Wednesday.

“Residents, visitors, and businesses in St. Louis deserve to live in a safe city, and we continue to make our city safer each and every day,” said Jones. “This is an all-hands-on-deck effort, and these positive numbers wouldn’t be possible without the brave men and women of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, our community partners, and the residents who work with us to prevent crime and hold bad actors accountable.”

“We have seen positive progress in the first three months of 2025, but there is plenty more work to do,” said Tracy. “As we enter the next quarter, we will remain steadfast on the mission to protect and serve, while working with our community and Crime Control Strategies to strategically deploy our patrol resources.”

Tracy added that some of the city’s focuses moving forward are reducing juvenile crime by connecting young people with needed services and targeting repeat offenders involved in gun violence.

The data presented by the city also indicated that homicides are down 4%, robberies are down 20%, burglaries are down 33% and auto thefts are down 39% compared to this point in time last year.

Following Wednesday’s news conference, FOX 2 reached out to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department via email for clarification on whether there have been any changes in how homicides have been classified or reported in recent years – and if so, whether such changes have influenced statistics.

A St. Louis police spokesperson told FOX 2 they would look into that inquiry, but no further response has been provided as of this story’s publication.

To explore crime statistics available on the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s website, click here.