Unfortunately, last week’s improvements have reversed. As of Friday 9am, D.C. has reported has three new homicides this week, bringing the total for the year to 68*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 101 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 170 homicides during that time.

Unfortunately, non-violent crime categories trended upwards, other violent crimes declined. It’s still unclear if we will achieve another 33 percent drop in homicides for the third straight year–a trend that began pre-occupation, in the Biden era. Acutally, it seems unlikely: I hope we only have seventeen or fewer homicides in the remainder of this year, but that doesn’t seem likely. Stunning anti-crime policies by Trump et alia.

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

*Three of the 71 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).