How many homicides have occurred in D.C. in the last 60 days?
Executive summary
Available reporting does not provide a single, definitive count of homicides in Washington, D.C., for “the last 60 days” in one place; public MPD tallies and multiple news outlets give rolling year-to-date and period-specific counts that allow an approximate estimate. For example, the Capital Gazette reported 62 homicides since May 25 (a roughly six‑month window) and that D.C. had 123 homicides year‑to‑date in 2025 as of late November [1]; FactCheck recorded 103 homicides through mid‑August 2025 [2], and MPD’s official crime dashboards are cited as the underlying source for these figures [3] [4].
1. What the official MPD dashboards report — and the limits of that data
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) publishes daily/rolling crime cards and a “District Crime Data at a Glance” dashboard that reporters use for up‑to‑date homicide counts; those MPD pages are the primary source referenced by many news outlets in 2025 coverage [3]. However, MPD’s online displays are preliminary and update as reports are filed, so short windows such as “the last 60 days” require pulling incident‑level entries (crimecards/opendata) rather than a single published 60‑day total; the open data feed and MPD’s Major Case pages list individual homicides but do not present an explicit “last 60 days” summary in the cited material [5] [4].
2. What news organizations have reported about recent periods
Several outlets used MPD’s public feeds to compute short‑term counts. FactCheck noted there were 103 homicides in D.C. “so far in 2025” as of mid‑August [2]. The Hill and CBS cited MPD database totals in their reporting on no‑homicide streaks and recent trends, with the Hill saying 101 homicides reported so far in the year at one point [6] and CBS analyzing short windows (e.g., 19‑day comparisons) to find steep declines versus year‑earlier intervals [7]. The Capital Gazette gave a more recent snapshot saying 62 homicides occurred since May 25 and 123 homicides so far in 2025 as of late November [1].
3. Why different counts vary — methodology and timing matter
Counts differ because reporters pull MPD “crime cards,” which are preliminary and updated as incidents are reported; some outlets quote MPD daily tallies, others query the incident database or compile lists from MPD’s Major Case pages [3] [5] [4]. That produces time‑dependent figures: a mid‑August “2025 so far” number [8] will differ from a late‑November updated total [9] because additional months of incidents were added [2] [1]. Available sources do not publish a precomputed, exact “last 60 days” homicide total.
4. An approximate way to estimate “last 60 days” from available reporting
Because sources show rolling totals at specific dates, you can approximate a 60‑day count by subtracting two year‑to‑date snapshots separated by ~60 days (e.g., YTD on date X and YTD on date X–60). The Capital Gazette’s statement that 62 homicides occurred since May 25 (roughly 184 days before late November) doesn’t map directly to 60 days, and FactCheck’s mid‑August 103 figure predates the Capital Gazette’s late‑November 123 figure — so a 60‑day window sometime between those dates would be the difference of the two YTD counts at window endpoints [2] [1]. Available sources do not provide those precise YTD values exactly 60 days apart in the citations provided.
5. Context: overall trend and competing interpretations
Multiple reputable sources report that homicides and violent crime have fallen in D.C. during 2025 compared with 2023 and 2024 peaks: PBS and the DOJ note declines year‑to‑date [10] [11], the Council on Criminal Justice documents a drop since mid‑2023 and through June 2025 [12], and the Daily Signal and others highlight percentage declines [13]. At the same time, some political actors have made overstated claims (e.g., “no murders in six months”); fact‑checkers and local reporting rebut those specific assertions by citing MPD counts showing multiple homicides in recent months [1] [2]. Different outlets also emphasize different time frames and possible causes (policy, prosecutions, interventions), producing competing narratives about attribution [11] [12] [7].
6. Practical next steps if you want an exact 60‑day count
To get a precise, sourced number for “the last 60 days,” consult MPD’s crimecards/opendata endpoint and filter incident dates for the exact 60‑day window; reporters do this by exporting the incident dataset or using MPD’s dashboards to count homicide incidents within the chosen date range [5] [3]. Alternatively, request a recent YTD figure from MPD for two dates 60 days apart and subtract them; the sources above demonstrate that outlets rely on those MPD feeds for final tallies [3] [4].
Limitations: I relied only on the provided reporting and datasets: the sources cite MPD tallies but do not present a ready‑made “last 60 days” homicide total, so a precise figure is not available in the materials you supplied [3] [5] [1].