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The classification of crimes in Washington, D.C. is subject to change and may be influenced by political disputes.
’s headline story for recent years has been a sustained drop in violent crime, with federal and local prosecutors calling 2024–2025 levels the lowest in roughly 30 years . That broadly positive trajec...
Computing rolling crime totals from the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) daily crime dashboard requires downloading MPD’s report-date data, choosing a rolling-window length, and summing incident...