Since we last looked at D.C.’s crime data two weeks ago, we had a very bad five day stretch where six people were killed, including the daylight shooting of two teenagers (which would not have been prevented by the curfews the D.C. government has been debating this week). This increases the total to 19 homicides*. That said, at the same time last year, D.C. had 45 homicides, so we are still doing better. And D.C. is still on pace for another year of roughly one-third reduction in the number of homicides, as happened in 2024 and 2025.

Across the board, crimes are lower than at the same time last year, other than Assault w/Dangerous Weapon (and that might be a reporting difference), with ‘crimes against cars’ dropping precipitously. We are, however, seeing upticks in most categories this week, which is not entirely unexpected as the weather gets nice.

Here’s to hoping we have a quiet week this next week.

*Officially, we have had 21 murders this year, but two of the murders occurred in other years, with arrests that were not made until this year.