As of 9am Friday, there was one homicide in D.C. this week. To date this year, D.C. has reported a total of 72* homicides this year. Last year, during the same time period, we had 107 homicides, and in the surge year of 2023, there were 212 homicides during that same time period.

Other crime categories bounced around a bit, with no real strong shifts. We’re still on pace–barely though–for another 33 percent decline in homicides for the year (which began in the Biden presidency).

Hopefully, next week goes back to having zero homicides.

*Three of the 75 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).