Not a good week at all. As of Monday 9am, D.C. had reported four homicides this week, bringing the total for the year to 58*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 94 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 142 homicides during that time. Unfortunately, most other crime categories also trended upwards this week.

We are still well on pace for another 33 percent drop in homicides for the third straight year–in fact, it looks like D.C.’s per capita homicide rate could be the lowest this year since 1900 (that’s not a typo).

Here’s to hoping that next week gets us back to a zero homicide week.

*Three of the 61 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).