As we’ve said before, the only good week is one without any homicides. Nevertheless, as of Friday 9am, D.C. has reported has only one new homicide this week, bringing the total for the year to 70*. Last year, during the same time period, we had 105 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 188 homicides during that same time period.

Nonviolent crimes remained mostly level, but assaults and robberies increased somewhat. 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. It’s going to be very close.

Still waiting for a zero homicide week.

*Three of the 73 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, occasionally homicides get reclassified so the annual total often will increase or decrease by one, with or without any new homicides.