Nation's crime rate touched record low last year

The number of criminal cases filed by Chinese police declined 12.8 percent in 2025 compared with the previous year, hitting a new low since the turn of the century, according to data released by the Ministry of Public Security on Thursday, two days ahead of Chinese People's Police Day.

Serious violent crimes and abductions dropped 4.7 percent and 40.7 percent, respectively, while other offenses such as theft, robbery and fraud, dropped 21.2 percent year-on-year, the ministry said.

A social and livelihood report from the National Bureau of Statistics in September also showed that in recent years, China has maintained good public security and social order, with a continuous decline in criminal offenses, making it one of the countries with the lowest crime rates. Since 2020, the public's sense of security has remained at a high level of over 98 percent for five consecutive years, it said.