It’s almost like deploying police to protect Trump’s stupid fair on the Mall pulls them out of the neighborhoods they need to be in or something. As of 9am today, D.C. had reported four homicides this week, bringing the total for the year to 52*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 90 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 133 homicides.

Virtually every other crime category increased this week, though, as has been the case throughout the year, car-related crimes are much lower than in the previous year, and robberies are still lower than last year (though that ground is being made up, unfortunately).

However, 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, well, everything.

*Three of the 55 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).