An updating database and map of D.C. homicides in 2025.
Homicides in the District dropped about 30 percent in 2024, part of an across-the-board dip in crime. D.C. officials attributed the decline to new laws that eased some police procedures, made it easier for judges to hold more defendants before trial and stiffened punishments from crimes ranging from retail theft to gun offenses.
An updating database and map of D.C. homicides in 2025.
Homicides in the District dropped about 30 percent in 2024, part of an across-the-board dip in crime. D.C. officials attributed the decline to new laws that eased some police procedures, made it easier for judges to hold more defendants before trial and stiffened punishments from crimes ranging from retail theft to gun offenses.
Homicides in D.C. dropped in 2024 to levels more on par with other cities across the country. While the number of killings spiked in 2023, they did not reach the numbers that occurred during the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the District was dubbed the nation’s murder capital because of bloodshed fueled by the crack epidemic.
While the number of homicides varies from year to year, the concentration of killings remains constant: areas east of the Anacostia River in wards 7 and 8.
The gunfire so far this year has claimed several lives, including a 14-year-old killed in a robbery in Southwest Washington. Police charged another 14-year-old with murder.
About this story
The Washington Post’s homicide tracker is based on data compiled by Post reporters after police release information about individual homicides in 2025. Data collected by The Post includes victim gender and age and the method of killing. Homicide data will be updated weekly or as needed. Historical homicide data, provided to add context, was obtained from the FBI’s database.
Graphics by Eric Lau.
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