As of 9am today, D.C. had reported no homicides this week, bringing the total for the year to 42* (apparently, one homicide is no longer considered a homicide, so technically we were never at 43 homicides). Last year, during the same time period, we had 83 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 119 homicides. After increasing last week, most other crimes trended down this week.

We are still well on pace for another 33 percent drop in homicides for the third straight year.

Hopefully, the heat won’t lead to any murders (it’s hot out there!), and we’ll have another great week next week.

*Three of the 45 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).