Murders in District of Columbia

Murders in District of Columbia was 116 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 35.9% from 2024. That is the 33rd highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count116

Change on 2024-35.9%

Rank33rd of 51US states ranked

Series high4821991

Series low882012

Next release: Saturday, 14 August 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Murders in District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025

count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.

All 47 values

Period	count
2025	116
2024	181
2023	266
2022	204
2021	274
2020	201
2019	166
2018	160
2017	116
2016	136
2015	162
2014	105
2013	103
2012	88
2011	108
2010	132
2009	145
2008	186
2007	181
2006	169
2005	195
2004	198
2003	249
2002	264
2001	231
2000	239
1999	241
1998	260
1997	301
1996	397
1995	360
1994	399
1993	454
1992	443
1991	482
1990	472
1989	434
1988	369
1987	225
1986	194
1985	147
1984	175
1983	183
1982	194
1981	223
1980	200
1979	180

Compared with United States

Place	2025
District of Columbia	116
United States	14,085

District of Columbia compared with nearby places

Under 30
30 to 100
100 to 180
180 to 330
330 to 470
470 and over

Murders, 2025, count. District of Columbia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by murders 51 places

Definition

Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

MLA 9

FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/district-of-columbia. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/district-of-columbia.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/district-of-columbia (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{federal_murders_district_of_columbia_2025,
  author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/district-of-columbia. Publisher attribution: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/\#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}

RIS

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

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482 in 1991, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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