While not as good as last week, which had no homicides, as of 9 am today, D.C. had only one homicide this week, bringing the total for year to 32*. At this time last year, there had been 65 homicides. While car-related crimes are much lower than during the same time period last year, they do seem to be on an upswing, along with robberies. This is still very promising, especially the homicide numbers.

We are definitely on pace for another 33 percent drop in homicides for the third straight year, not that one would know this based on news reporting–which is why I cover this stuff. Because people’s attitudes about city crime are completely unfounded.

*Three of the 35 murders reported this year actually occurred in other years (e.g., a missing persons case from 2023 turned into a homicide case this year with new evidence).