Sitemap - 2023 - DC Crime Facts
Preventing crime by enforcing bench warrants
Playing the blame game with crime
Solving more crimes deters crime
Ignored warnings about Court Social Services are having deadly consequences for DC kids
60% of DC high schoolers are chronically absent
DC government agencies don't want you to read their performance plans
The rhetoric and reality of DC's prosecutors
What happened to DC's juvenile detention system?
"Call them - they won't do anything"
The USAO's partial recovery in prosecution rates
Preventing crime by keeping kids in school
Chief Smith announces MPD's new strategic plan
How is DC reacting to youth crime?
DC's fragmented crime data landscape
Calling 911 and not getting an answer
Crime is up. But prosecutions fell 4% in July.
Getting serious about recruiting more police
DC's ongoing crime lab debacle
What have we done to our police?
Scandal and a new Chief at MPD
DC passed a crime bill. What should we do now?
How even serious violent crimes fall through the cracks
What would Mayor Bowser's crime bill actually do?
Less than 40% of MPD's arrests for illegal guns result in a conviction
MPD's 571 officer "overtime force"
Monthly update: Crime rose 6% in May
What MPD's own report says is wrong with MPD
How does crime in DC compare to other cities?
Questions for Mayor Bowser's Public Safety Summit
Monthly Update: Crime rose 4% in April
Budget cuts and 770 untested violent crime DNA samples
MPD has cool tech to detect gunshots, but does it help?
MPD arrest trends: More gun charges & out-of-staters
What correlates with changes in crime rates?
Monthly Update: Crime fell 12% in March
MPD's homicide clearance rate falls to 62%
MPD worked on Noelle Wilson's murder for a year and a half. The USAO mysteriously dropped the case.
Public safety in the Mayor's proposed budget
Fewer Arrests + Worse Cases = Fewer Prosecutions
The US Attorney's Office declined to prosecute 2/3 of the people that MPD arrested
MPD got an extra ~$5M to hire more police...it's not going well