As of 9am today, D.C. had reported four homicides this week, bringing the total for the year to 47*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 88 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 129 homicides. The good news is that the number of new crimes in other categories dropped this week.

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

Hopefully, next week will be better regarding murders.

*Three of the 47 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). Also, there seemed to be some weirdness with the homicide numbers, as last week the total number of homicides was 42, when it should have been 43. Not sure what is going on there.