As always, one should point out when communities are getting the job done. Since we last checked nearly two weeks ago, D.C. still has a historically low number of homicides, eleven*. The most recent case involved a murder-suicide with two Maryland residents outside the Friendship Heights Metro station and is thought to be “domestic related.”**

As before, all crimes, except for Assault with Dangerous Weapon, are down dramatically compared to the same period in 2025, and the increase in that category might reflect how crimes are being recorded. We have not really started “murder season” yet, but here’s to hoping that this spring and summer are relatively calm.

Good job, D.C.!

*It is now clear that two of the homicides ‘charged’ to 2026 occurred in other years, so I am not counting those.

**One of the people involved appears to have lived a short walk away in Bethesda, MD (the other lived farther away in Maryland). Had they walked a little farther before the tragedy unfolded (about 400 ft), this would have been called a Maryland homicide. Also, it is worth noting that a “domestic related” murder is not what people typically think of–or more accurately, what they fear–when discussing urban crime.