Archive - DC Crime Facts

The U.S. Attorney's hidden role in undermining DC's gun laws

Damning new evidence about thousands of gun cases

May 6 •

April 2024

Real steps to drive down gun violence

How to move from buzzwords to productive action

Apr 26 •

MPD's 121% increase in violent crime arrests

DC's experiment in increased enforcement continues to lower crime

Apr 10 •

March 2024

The safety net, crime and budget priorities

"I’m hungry, I ain’t got no clothes, my brother’s locked up, my mother’s not doing nothing for me, so let me go do this.”

Mar 28 •

The US Attorney's New Spin

"the overall charging rate isn’t what we should be focused on”

Mar 20 •

House Republicans' Vibes-Based Theory of Crime

An inaccurate narrative in service of a misguided bill

Mar 13 •

Mixed signals on pretrial detention

A small change in policy turns out to have a very small impact

Mar 4 •

February 2024

MPD: "It is clear that simply arresting these individuals is an insufficient lever to change behavior"

Key points from MPD's performance oversight hearing

Feb 28 •

Vacancies, backlogs and performance oversight

Highlights and lowlights from newly released data and testimony

Feb 20 •

Bouncing back from rock bottom

The untold story of how DC fought back against the 2023 crime surge

Feb 7 •

January 2024

"We know what we need to do, but it just hasn't really happened"

Fixing DC's broken gun violence approach

Jan 31 •

Prosecution is still broken in DC

Despite the positive spin, prosecutions actually fell last quarter

Jan 19 •

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