Washington, D.C. has had three periods in 2025 where there were no murders for more than a week, despite claims by President Donald Trump suggesting otherwise—as of Monday evening, the capital had not recorded a homicide for 12 days.

According to police data, there were two seven-day periods where there were no murders in the city in April and May 2025 and a period from February to March where there was a 16-day period where no homicides were committed. This is despite Trump saying that it had been "many years" since the city had a murder-free stretch of a week.

Why It Matters

Scrutiny of D.C.'s crime rate comes after Trump placed the city's police department under federal control and deployed National Guard troops to the city. He has repeatedly claimed there is a high crime rate i

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