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Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025

Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse,

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Examining claim violent crime in Washington, DC, is at 30-year low

Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.

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Violent crime in DC has fallen, but remains higher than most other American cities

Not good enough? D.C. officials trying to push back against Trump’s federal control of city's law enforcement don't address the big picture.

Trump Federalizes DC Police To 'Rescue Our Nation's Capital From Crime, Bloodshed, Bedlam, and Squalor'

President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington DC and placed the capital city's police under ...

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Is crime in Washington DC 'out of control', as Trump claims?

But according to crime figures published by Washington DC's Metropolitan Police (MPDC), violent offences fell after peaking ...

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Trump to host news conference to ‘stop violent crime’ and make DC ‘one of the safest’ cities in the world

DC had the fourth-highest homicide among US cities in 2024, according to statistics compiled by the Center for Public Safety ...

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Woman tells personal story of DC covering up crime against her: ‘I’ve waited five years to share it…’

A violent sexual assault that occurred in Washington, D.C., five years ago was reportedly scrubbed from the city’s crime statistics. This is according to Anna Giaritelli, a […] ...

Trump Mobilizes National Guard, Takes Over DC Police Force Despite City’s Drop In Violent Crime

President Trump announces that he's putting Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department under "direct federal control" ...

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Dem DC Mayor To Sit Down With Race-Baiting Host Amid Trump’s Crime Crackdown

Democratic Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser will sit down Friday with fired MSNBC host Joy Reid as President Donald ...

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'Violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals': Is crime on the rise in Washington DC?

Donald Trump has announced a federal takeover of Washington DC's police force, saying the city is "becoming a situation of ...

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President Trump increases federal law enforcement presence in DC following violent crime surge

President Donald Trump has ordered an increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D.C., to protect residents ...

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“My Life Is Not a Political Football”: How Community Leaders In DC’s Neighborhoods With the Most Crime Are Reacting to Trump’s Takeover

Stuart Anderson, the director of Family & Friends of Incarcerated People, has been involved with efforts to address violence ...

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