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Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike
Despite a 34% drop in murders since 2023, Washington, D.C. leads global cities with a 2024 murder rate of 27.54 per 100,000 residents, White House data shows.
- With a rate of 27.54 per 100,000, the White House said Washington, D.C. has the highest murder rate in 2024, compared to Delhi, Islamabad, Paris and London.
- After a spike in 2023, violent crime declined 32% in 2024 to 187 and fell another 12% through Sunday to 99.
- Last week, the FBI released data showing a nearly 15% drop in murder overall from 2023 to 2024, with D.C.’s crime rate at its second-lowest since 1966.
- In an executive order, President Donald Trump asserted that `crime is out of control in the District of Columbia` and ordered the National Guard deployment in D.C. on Monday.
- Asher told CNN that ShotSpotter, hospital injury data and homicide records also suggest declining violence, despite unproven allegations from the Washington police officers union about data manipulation.
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