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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-shaken-washington-copes-with-surging-violence-this-is-not-normal/ar-AA1gxQJ9

"The spike in felonies — homicides and robberies are up 29 and 67 percent from the same time period last year, police statistics show — is not the only data that is causing alarm. The number of juveniles arrested for carjacking has increased slightly since last year, with 41 of the 64 charged between the ages of 12 and 15. As of Aug. 31, a total of 81 minors had been shot in the city this year, compared with 66 over the same span last year and 37 in 2021.

While a preponderance of violence occurs where it often has — in poor neighborhoods on D.C.’s eastern edge — statistics show that the geography of crime has become more diffuse, with prosperous areas less immune than before.

For example, a total of 98 auto thefts were reported by Aug. 31 in Ward 3, an area that includes Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase, an increase of 81 percent from the same period last year, data shows. In Ward 2, including Georgetown and downtown, there have been 285 robberies, an 84 percent jump. The 20 homicides this year in Ward 1, which stretches from Columbia Heights to Adams Morgan and along the U Street corridor, represent a 150 percent increase.

In Ward 8, a historically crime-plagued area encompassing Anacostia and Congress Heights, the number of homicides — 71 by the end of August, a 39 percent jump — prompted Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) last month to describe the city as a “war zone” and call for the National Guard. Bowser, when asked at the time about White’s demand, demurred, saying she shared his concerns about crime and that she was focused on the deployment of resources."
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