DC goes FULL WEEK without a homicide after Trump crime crackdown

For the first time in months, Washington, DC has gone seven consecutive days without a homicide following President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s police force and deployment of the National Guard.

The rare streak, confirmed Wednesday, comes during the summer season when homicide levels are typically at their highest. The last time the capital reported zero killings for a full week was in March.

Other crimes have also dropped sharply, according to figures cited by the local police union. Robbery declined by 46 percent in the week after federal control began, carjackings fell 83 percent, and overall violent crime was down 22 percent.

The crime freeze began the day after a fatal shooting in Logan Circle, which occurred just hours after Trump announced the move. At the time, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said on social media that "Trump owns this." Critics have since noted that the statement could apply to the decline as well.

Law enforcement saturation in high-crime areas has drawn comparisons to tactics used in New York City in the 1990s under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, when murders fell by more than half in his first term. Observers pointed to the deployment of the National Guard outside DC's Union Station, long a hotspot for homelessness and drug activity, as an example of the new approach.

The MAGA side argues that swift, aggressive policing is what was needed to curb DC’s rising violence, with over 400 already having already been arrested. Detractors warn that the methods revive controversial “broken windows” strategies and mirror policies from the 1990s that later faced political backlash.

Trump has defended the crackdown, arguing it is saving lives in the capital. Swalwell’s comment, “Trump owns this,” has since been repeated by the administration as evidence of responsibility for the city’s sudden reduction in violence.

Before a 16-day murder-free stretch that ended on March 14, 2025,  DC had not seen a full week without a homicide in several years, according to the Washington Post. That 16-day period was called at the time as "the longest period without a killing in at least six years," DC police officials said.