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The number of homicides in Washington peaked in 1991 at 482, [2] a rate of 80.6 homicides per 100,000 residents, [3] and the city eventually became known as the "murder capital" of the United States. [4] The crime rate started to fall in the mid-1990s as the crack cocaine epidemic gave way to economic revitalization projects. Neighborhood ...
Ward 2 (2023–present) Ward 2 Councilmember: Brooke Pinto Population (2022): 89,518 [3] Burleith; Chinatown; Downtown; Dupont Circle; Federal Triangle; Foggy Bottom; Georgetown; Sheridan-Kalorama; Logan Circle; Mount Vernon Square (Part of the neighborhood is also in Ward 6) Penn Quarter; Shaw (Parts of the neighborhood are also in Ward 1 ...
Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
Violent crime in the nation's capital is down 35% and is on track to be the lowest in 20 years, while carjackings involving firearms are down 55%, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District ...
Numbers reported by the Metropolitan Police Department show decreases in violent and property crimes for 2024 compared to this point in 2023. But a deeper look at the month-over-month data ...
Crime rates per capita might also be biased by population size depending on the crime type. [6] This misrepresentation occurs because rates per capita assume that crime increases at the same pace as the number of people in an area. [7] When this linear assumption does not hold, rates per capita still have population effects.
The Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 unanimously passed the D.C. Council Tuesday evening.
Politically, Southeast includes most of Ward 8, as well as much of Ward 6 and Ward 7. Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C., served as D.C. Council Member for Ward 8 until his death on November 23, 2014. [2] [3]