DC Crime Stats to Date -- What Can Be Done?

[Anonymous]

What actions can be taken to mitigate this?Should we flood the council meetings? What can we do besides sit back and feel helpless?

District Crime Data at a Glance
2023 Year-to-Date Crime Comparison*
As of May 12, 2023

The statistics below reflect the data entered into MPD's records management system (Cobalt) as of 12 am on the date above. The homicide numbers are based on numbers submitted by the Homicide Branch.

Offense 2022 2023 Percent Change
Homicide 72 78 8%
Sex Abuse 42 62 48%
Assault w/ a Dangerous Weapon 485 489 1%
Robbery 821 948 15%
Violent Crime - Total 1,420 1,577 11%
Burglary 381 346 -9%
Motor Vehicle Theft 1,155 2,448 112%
Theft from Auto 2,599 2,784 7%
Theft (Other) 3,418 4,247 24%
Arson 2 8 300%
Property Crime - Total 7,555 9,833 30%
All Crime - Total 8,975 11,410 27%
2022 Year End Crime Data*
Year-end 2022 data accurate as of January 1, 2023.

Offense 2021 2022 Percent Change
Homicide 226 203 -10%
Sex Abuse 181 158 -13%
Assault w/ a Dangerous Weapon 1,665 1,387 -17%
Robbery 2,046 2,082 2%
Violent Crime - Total 4,118 3,830 -7%
Burglary 1,173 1,050 -10%
Motor Vehicle Theft 3,493 3,761 8%
Theft from Auto 8,688 7,825 -10%
Theft (Other) 10,905 10,832 -1%
Arson 4 4 0%
Property Crime - Total 24,263 23,472 -3%
All Crime - Total 28,381 27,302 -4%


https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/district-crime-data-glance

[Anonymous]

Stop voting for soft-on-crime politicians.

[Anonymous]

Stop calling crimes "crimes"! Decriminalization magically fixes crime stats.

[Anonymous]

I think progressives need to contact the Council. But I also think everyone is worried about being called a racist for caring about crime.

[Anonymous]

Step 1. Stop voting for council/ANC candidates that describe themselves as “community activists” in the first line of their bios.

Step 2. Thank every police officer you see this week.

Step 3. Repeat.

[Anonymous]

Vote differently.

[Anonymous]

If only someone had told us two years ago that this exact thing would happen.

[Anonymous]

Move!

[Anonymous]

Can you people read? Crime is down in many categories including assault with deadly weapon -17%. Burglary down by 10%.

You guys are being driven by a political narrative and not facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think progressives need to contact the Council. But I also think everyone is worried about being called a racist for caring about crime.

This is correct. And the irony is that it’s black people who suffer the most when crime increases in DC.

[Anonymous]

If how you are Voting hasn't worked for you or you do not like the results you are currently seeing vote differently. That's change.

[Anonymous]

and it is only May - wait to see what happens once school it out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think progressives need to contact the Council. But I also think everyone is worried about being called a racist for caring about crime.

This is correct. And the irony is that it’s black people who suffer the most when crime increases in DC.

Bingo

[Anonymous]

But... crime was much higher in the 1980's!

[Anonymous]

What needs to happen?
Maybe fund things that are known to address this as opposed to bike lanes.

For every dollar that is going into maintaining bike lanes (snow removal?) hire a qualified social worked to support the middle schools.

Dictate that the schools need to use a phonics based curriculum so that everyone learns how to read. Provide real training for teachers - not DCPS created training of 1 teacher per school who is then supposed to teach all the other teachers.

Where is all the money going? Is it aligned with getting to the core of crime? You alienated a cohort of students for a year and a half and the "catch up" that you provided was crap.
Why are you surprised?