Washington, D.C., recorded a homicide rate of 27.54 per 100,000 residents in 2024, ranking fourth among major U.S. cities despite overall violent crime dropping 35% from 2023.

I was born in Washington, D.C., at the end of 1942. Growing up in the suburbs there was so little crime it made the front page in the city’s three newspapers. Today, unless someone who works on ...

A traffic checkpoint set up by Washington, DC, police and federal agents drew community outrage on Wednesday night as ...

WASHINGTON — Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence ...

Good morning. Hot and humid again, with showers and storms possible in the afternoon and a high around 91. Rain chances ...

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund warned that the homicide rate in the nation's capital is five to six times higher ...

As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C.

Trump's announcements have raised fears that the government will use the Olympics to take actions that deprive homeless ...

D.C. protesters cried chants of “Whose Street? Our street!” and “Go home!” across 14th street NW Wednesday night towards ...

The president and his allies have berated local officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those ...

A man was charged Wednesday after allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, DC, amid ...

Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Tom Homan described DC as unsafe, saying he would not walk its streets at night without a gun ...