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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Crime” said in 46 of 169 transcripts, 184 times.

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Remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission

Sep 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …have no tolerance for terrorism or political violence, and that includes hate crimes against Christians, Jews, or anybody else. We're not going to allow it…
  2. …a totally safe zone. It's called a "safe zone city." There's no crime. They said crime is down 87 percent. I said: "No, no, no…
  3. …much lesser things. Things that take place in the home they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a…

Remarks Upon Arrival and an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

Sep 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …but it's pretty close to 100-percent healthy, happy, thriving. It's a crime-free zone. You know that? You know, you could go out to…
  2. …very dangerous place, and we have a Governor that doesn't care about crime, I guess. We could solve Chicago very quickly, but we're going to…
  3. …12 days—in other words, on the 12th day, we had the crime just about solved. And right now people are walking out—they're going…

Remarks at a Dinner With Republican Members of Congress

Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …Chicago, we have a Governor that says that things are okay with crime. Except that last weekend, 11 people were killed and 68 people were…
  2. …pretty much—I don't think you can do much better than zero crime. They said, "Crime is down 87 percent." I said: "Really? Who are…
  3. …or they're stupid. There's something wrong with them. But these are high-crime areas, as high as there is in the world. You can go…

Remarks on Signing the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act and Executive Orders and Announcing the 2026 Group of Twenty (G-20) Nations Summit in Miami, Florida, and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 8 times

  1. …came out the first time, that's when you saw the real big crime start to happen. Cashless bail, what a disaster that is. You murder…
  2. …dangerous out on the streets. So Washington, DC, has had virtually no crime. We even have a mayor that's admitting to it, and she's a…
  3. …So Washington, DC, is a totally safe city. We have virtually no crime. One of—it's gone from the most unsafe city in the United…

Remarks on the Relocation of U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, and an Exchange With Reporters

Sep 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …here where we are. It's now a safe zone. We have no crime. We have—it's in such great shape. You can go and actually…
  2. …all about?" I say, "Yes, we have a little bit of a crime problem." And we don't have a crime problem in Washington anymore. And…
  3. …going to have this place spick-and-span. It's going to be crime free, and it's going to be spick-and- span. It's going to…

Remarks on Signing Executive Orders To Reduce Crime and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 22 times

  1. …of people that are doing an unbelievable job on a thing called crime and, in particular, violent crime. Today we're going to be discussing it…
  2. …can't get in. Many of them closed because they couldn't open with crime. Everybody before me is happy what I'm doing. Most of you won't…
  3. …winning, and we're going to keep winning. And this whole story on crime is incredible that the Democrats wouldn't be with us. So the mayor…

Remarks Announcing the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Draw Location and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …we had—by the way, in Washington, DC, we have the lowest crime numbers they've had in years. Zero—it sounds like—it's a horrible…
  2. …it's supposed to be run. The numbers were horrible. It was a crime-infested rathole, and they do have a lot of rats. We're getting…
  3. …was extremely unsafe, and now it's extremely safe. We had virtually no crime. The number was down 87 percent, and I'm trying to figure out…

Remarks to Federal Law Enforcement Officers and National Guard Personnel

Aug 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …to do your job, you've got to do your job. But the crime numbers are way down. I'm looking at—you saw some of the…
  2. …and we were. And this place was emblematic of it with the crime, the horrible crime. And, you know, I—I watch these phony reports…

Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the Social Security Act and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 17 times

  1. …biggest issue right now and an issue that's really taken hold is crime—stopping crime in the cities. And the Democrats are fighting the stopping…
  2. …this is a bigger issue. This is the biggest of all issues. Crime is rampant in DC. It's rampant in our, generally, blue-run cities…
  3. …Social Security also is something very special. But what we're doing with crime—which will be your next question, I guess. That's because everyone's — they're…

Remarks Announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 16 times

  1. …votes, probably. You never have—we don't have Democrats voting, even for crime. But I shouldn't make this political, because they made the Academy Awards…
  2. …incredible. And she's—you're going to see a big change in Washington crime stats very soon—although, not the stats that they gave, because they…
  3. …up stats like they were doing better. They're not doing better. The crime is the worst it's ever been. But it's—it started—as of…

Remarks on Domestic Investment by Apple Incorporated and an Exchange With Reporters

Aug 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …very productive talks today. Yes, ma'am. We're considering it, yes, because the crime is ridiculous. I could show you a chart comparing DC to other…
  2. …going to make it beautiful. And what a shame—the rate of crime, the rate of muggings, killings, and everything else. We're not going to…

Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa

Jul 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …I know exactly what's going on in Iowa. You had some horrible crime in Iowa caused by illegal aliens. But we're getting them the hell…
  2. …boo. No, they're fake news. That's why nobody watches them anymore. Violent crime is plummeting, and we're on track to reach the lowest murder rate…

Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on the "Alligator Alcatraz" Migrant Detention Facility and an Exchange With Reporters in Ochopee, Florida

Jul 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …disgusting. This enormous country-destroying invasion has swamped communities nationwide with massive crime, crippling costs, and burdens far beyond what any nation could withstand. No…
  2. …officers are hunting down and deporting migrant criminals who have committed heinous crimes, including more than 13,000 murderers—11,888, to be exact, but…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and an Exchange With Reporters

May 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …assistant district attorney in Westchester County, New York, where she prosecuted violent crimes. And that was a serious prosecutor. And she went after real criminals…
  2. …It's a big deal. As district attorney, Jeanine tackled high- profile violent crime cases and established one of the Nation's most successful cybercrime units to…
  3. …an unbelievable job as our real leader—leader in the fight against crime. And Pam heard about this, and Pam said, "I'll have to find…

Remarks on the 2027 National Football League Draft and an Exchange With Reporters

May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …the last few months, and it's—it's getting to look really strong. Crime is way down, and a lot of—there's a good relationship we…
  2. …and people from jails. They emptied out jails. You know, Venezuela, their crime is down 72 percent because they took all the criminals off the…

Remarks on the National Day of Prayer

May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …of everything, when you think of it. She's got every form of crime known to mankind—and womankind, too. You always have to say that…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …many of them criminals, many of them, frankly, murderers and people of crime at the absolute highest level. Real, real bad people. It would only…
  2. …weaponization of law enforcement and fired Joe Biden's handpicked—these are pro-crime U.S. attorneys, except if it's a political person, like me. You know…
  3. …The "Laptop from Hell." We also terminated the clearances of the Biden crime family and Joe Biden himself—because he's corrupt. And I banned all…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Alina Habba as Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina will work tirelessly to weed out crime and corruption and restore law and order to the Garden State, as…
  2. …to live, and we all love it. Under the last administration, violent crime in New Jersey, however, rose more than 60 percent. And under the…
  3. …a sudden in trying to protect some very, very bad people of crime—they have to stop. They have to let us do the job…

Remarks at the Department of Justice

Mar 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times

  1. …administration, the DOJ and the FBI will once again become the premier crime-fighting agencies on the face of the earth. People ask me what…
  2. …from our Government. We will expose and very much expose their egregious crimes and severe misconduct, of which was levels—you've never seen anything like…
  3. …the corruption is unbelievable. We also terminated the clearances of the Biden crime family and Joe Biden himself. He didn't deserve it. In fact, he…

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress

Mar 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …the answers to the greatest economy in history or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded, and these people sitting right here…
  2. …under a bridge, and horrifically murdered. Arrested and charged with this heinous crime are two illegal alien monsters from Venezuela, released into America by the…
  3. …pass that policy into permanent law. I'm also asking for a new crime bill, getting tough on repeat offenders—— ——while enhancing protections for America's police…

Remarks at a Black History Month Reception

Feb 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …were Black people. You were affected the most in terms of the crime, in terms of the drugs and everything else. And we have the…

Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Pamela J. Bondi as Attorney General

Feb 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …be fair, and she'll lead the Department of Justice in crushing violent crime, demolishing the gangs, which are all over the place, if you look…
  2. …to be a very big priority for Pam. And that leads to crime, and it leads to a lot of drugs. So she's going to…
  3. …We're going to make America great again. And she's going to take crime out of the system. As much as anybody can do that, she's…

Remarks on Withdrawing United States Support for United Nations Organizations and Imposing Economic Sanctions on Iran and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 4, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …the laggards—the same laggards that are laggards with everything else, including crime. But even them, you'll break it into systems. As an example, if…
  2. …they don't have debt, they don't have problems, they don't have any crimes, you know, relatively speaking, to speak of—and you would have education…
  3. …out—it's a he—every time he gets out, he commits another crime within 24 hours, and it's a heinous crime. It's a rough crime…

Remarks on Signing the Laken Riley Act and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …for theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assaulting a police officer, murder, or any crime that results in death or a serious injury. In addition, for the…
  2. …signings bring us one step closer to eradicating the scourge of migrant crime in our communities once and for all. And it was just a…
  3. …bad is going to be thrown—if you look at Venezuela, Venezuela's crime is down 77 percent because they've taken their gang members, their prisoners…

Remarks at a House Republican Conference Dinner in Miami, Florida

Jan 27, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …there for a while. Let's see how they like it. You'll see crime all over the country dry up. Essentially, that's what Venezuela and other…
  2. …criminals and putting them into the United States of America, and their crime is down by almost 80 percent. We're going to restore law and…
  3. …and drugs causes a lot of the prime—a lot of the crime in our country is caused by drugs. It's a terrible situation. Comes…

Remarks at the Starlight Ball

Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …is happening with countries all over the world, and you know their crime rates are going down by 10 and 15 and 20 percent every…

Remarks Following the Inaugural Ceremony at the United States Capitol

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …the pardons of people that were very, very guilty of very bad crimes, like the "unselect committee" of political thugs, where—— ——they literally—I mean…
  2. …almost everybody having a death sentence. And if you went through the crimes that were committed, you wouldn't even believe them— the level of violence…

Inaugural Address

Jan 20, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities. As Commander in…