Violent crime – especially, homicide – has plummeted in the Nation’s Capital since President Donald Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement into the city last Fall, a trend that has continued into the new year.
On August 11 of last year, Pres. Trump declared a crime emergency in the District of Columbia and began taking steps to end the threat to public safety there, in a city that should be a beacon of hope for people across the globe.
“Though violent crime in D.C. was already trending down before Trump declared a crime emergency in August, the number of homicides plummeted afterward,” The Washington Post reported on Sunday:
“In September, the first full month after the federal law enforcement surge, five people were killed — the lowest September figure since 2011.”
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“Homicides and robberies dropped by more than half during the surge, and the extra agents augmented a police force struggling with half-century-low staffing.”
In 2025, D.C. police recorded 127 homicides, the lowest count in eight years, marking a significant decline from both 2024’s 187 total 2023’s two-decade high of 274.
What’s more, public safety has continued to improve in 2026. After going three weeks without a homicide in January, the month ended with only two on the books – one of which was committed in 2025, but was not categorized a homicide until this year.
“Well, it’s quite simple: take the bad guys out, crime goes down,” Fox News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett explained in an interview Monday, commenting on the improvement in public safety under the Trump Administration:
“And you saw it in Washington, D.C., where it used to be Crime Central: staggering murder rate, more than 200 years. Suddenly, that plummeted when Trump poured in federal resources and sent in the National Guard. And, you saw violent crime drop 50% to a 30-year low. Homicides, robberies, dangerous assaults, carjackings – all of that dropped by 30-50%.”
“The lesson is: when you take the career criminals out of action, of course the crime rate is going to drop. It’s common sense,” Jarrett said, regarding the increased number of prosecutions in the traditionally soft-on-crime city.
“People were walking and living in fear in Washington, DC. Suddenly, that’s changed,” Jarrett said.
Still, he cautioned, it’s unlikely that other crime-ravaged, Democrat-run cities will follow suit:
“But, you can’t seem to tell that to blue cities, because their politicians care more about protecting criminals than innocent victims of crime.”
