With DC crime under federal and local microscope that trend in the right direction

Crime fell by 5% in DC this year in DC compared to this point in the previous year. The DC police say that this is the result of their public security initiatives.

The crime has dropped in the district this year, and the DC police say that this is a result of their public security initiatives.

Robbery has dropped by 24%; Murders have dropped by 17%; And according to the DC police, attacks with a dangerous weapon fell by 14%compared to the same time in the previous year.

So far, DC criminal data has shown a decline in the entire violent crime and a decrease in property crime by 2%, which is far more common. Overall, crime has dropped by 5% to start in 2025, compared to this point last year.

“We hear the concerns of the community. A weapon should never be introduced into a personal dispute, and we are still obliged to remove illegal firearms from our streets. MPD will continue to blame violent criminals and ensure that the district is a safe place for everyone who lives, work and visit,” said the DC police in a statement published on Monday.

With regard to murders, the drop continues the trend compared to the previous year, when murders of 2023 decreased by 32% – one year in which most murders were present in the city in at least 20 years. In 2024 there were 187 murders in DC, the lowest since 2019, but still at the upper end compared to numbers in the past 20 years.

The DC police said that it had made the recent progress in combating crime. At the weekend, “Operation Atlas” led to 34 arrests and the predatory suppression unit of the DC Police performed nine arrests on Saturday and recovered four weapons.

The reduction of the crime in DC was also a concern for the administration of President Donald Trump, who made the Columbia district at the end of March the safe and beautiful executive order.

In the order, the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force were determined, to which representatives of several law enforcement agencies in the federal government belong, and aims to make the coordination between these agencies easier to make the city safer.

Around the same time as Trump's executive order, DC council member Brooke Pinto announced her FriedensDC plan. The plan contains several laws that the Council consider that Pinto believes that they will reduce crime, including laws that concentrate on enable young people to support workers for public security and to reduce the relapse.

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