MEMPHIS —One year after the Memphis Safe Task Force began its work on September 29, 2025, the multi-agency effort is showing significant declines in crime while reaffirming its commitment to making the city safer. The year of partnerships, enforcement, and community engagement has produced measurable results in Memphis, with crime down across several major categories.
Since the same period of time last year, murders are down 37%, sexual assaults are down 30%, robbery is down 47%, and aggravated assault is down 29%. Overall, serious crimes are down nearly 38%.
Since the launch of the Memphis Safe Task Force, officers have made 13,140 arrests, including 135 for homicide, 1,406 for controlled substances, 1,303 for firearms violations, and 125 for sex offenses. Of those arrested, 421 were juveniles, 1,461 were known gang members and 1,188 were of individuals arrested more than one time during the operation so far. There have been some offenders arrested up to 7 times in the one-year period. The task force has seized 2,20 1illegal firearms.
These enforcement actions reflect a sustained commitment to reducing violent crime and removing dangerous weapons from Memphis neighborhoods.
The MSTF is a multi-agency initiative established via a Presidential Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2025. Aimed at addressing violent street crime, the task force coordinates federal, state, and local law enforcement and includes mobilized members of the Tennessee National Guard. The MSTF is focused on arresting violent criminals, clearing warrants, seizing firearms, and locating missing children. Since the operation began, the MSTF has located 189 missing children.
“President Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force has driven down violent crime in a city that was failed by extreme Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies,” said White House Spokeswoman Lauren Bis. “The Task Force has made more than 13,000 arrests including murderers, sex offenders, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals and has seized more than 2,200 illegal firearms. President Trump restored law and order and made Memphis safe again.”
“The Memphis Safe Task Force has brought Memphis back to life,” said Attorney General Todd Blanche. “In just one year, this coordinated effort has taken the keys to Memphis away from violent criminals and put them back in the hands of the law-abiding citizens who call this city home. Thanks to President Trump, Memphis is on its way to becoming the safest city in America.”
“The DC Safe Task Force showed immediate success when it started. President Trump saw that success from the USMS and our partners and told us to go do the exact same thing in the great city of Memphis,” said Gadyaces S. Serralta, Director of the U.S. Marshals Service. “We have been even more successful in Memphis. The success of this operation shows the relentless dedication that every member of the task force has tirelessly worked to investigate and apprehend the most violent, dangerous fugitives. When law enforcement partners work together, the impact is exponential. The Memphis Safe Task Force is proof that the whole-of-government approach works.”
“I am incredibly proud of the professionalism of our Guardsmen and women serving on the Memphis Safe Task Force and the positive impact they’ve had serving our fellow Tennessee citizens in Memphis,” said Maj. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s Adjutant General. “Working alongside our partner agencies in law enforcement and emergency response has proven again how critical teamwork is and how the whole-of-government approach greatly benefits our fellow agencies, and more importantly, Tennesseans.”
(PHOTO: U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller, Western District of Tennessee, in Memphis)
