Homicides decreased 18.7% from 2024 and 34.5% from 2023, with 165 murders recorded -- the lowest number since 1965. This is the first time in roughly 60 years that Detroit has seen fewer than 200 ...

Detroit police kicked off 2026 with a press conference highlighting the city's latest milestone in reducing violent crime over the past year.

Nonfatal shootings are declining but still an issue in Detroit. Mayor Mary Sheffield aims to launch city's first Office of ...

Murders in Detroit continue to tumble as the city recorded its lowest number of criminal homicides since at least the early- ...

Detroit fell under 200 murders for the first time in six decades in 2025, Police Chief Todd Bettison said, marking three straight years of decline.

DETROIT - Once known as one of, if not America’s most dangerous city, Detroit is now reporting historically low major crime ...

Desmond Burks pleaded guilty to murdering Detroit neurosurgeon Dr. Devon Hoover and separate manslaughter charges.

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield was joined by city and community leaders to announce another historic drop in violent crime for 2025 on Wednesday.

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.

Police are searching for a suspect who they allege fired multiple shots into a home earlier this month in Detroit.

Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan joins John Avlon to explain how leadership, not slogans, helped reverse Detroit’s ...