The president's tough-on-crime policies are to thank for the nation's capital seeing a 73% decrease in crime from last year, ...

Violent crime in Washington, D.C., continued its downward trend early in 2026, according to Metropolitan Police Department crime data, with the city posting one of its lowest homicide counts to start ...

The National Guard said troops’ presence has deterred petty crime and helps control crowds during the police department’s law ...

Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has filed a lawsuit using a law originally crafted to prosecute organized ...

D.C. police are investigating an assault that was possibly "hate-motivated" following an incident in the Logan Circle area.

WASHINGTON — DC Police Chief Pamela Smith pushed officers to lower crime statistics “by any means necessary,” including by categorizing even some violent offenses so they weren’t reported publicly, ...

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Monday that a months-long federal investigation uncovered widespread misclassification of crime reports by the Metropolitan Police ...

I never fail to be amazed at what we get used to. Trundling along in the New York subway the other day, I saw all the usual sights. Turnstile hoppers, of course, who never fail to aggravate me. “Why ...

President Donald Trump again boasted about there being "no crime in DC," despite police investigating multiple homicides — in the past week alone. During his press conference on Saturday, Jan. 3, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele together touted a reduction in crime at Thursday's National ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 22: A police officer holds up caution tape near the site of a shooting on July 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Gunfire erupted on a busy street, injuring two and sending others ...