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Violent crimes in District of Columbia

Violent crimes in District of Columbia was 5,570 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 21.9% from 2024. That is the 36th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count5,570
Change on 2024-21.9%
Rank36th of 51US states ranked
Series high16,8881993
Series low5,4782022

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Violent crimes in District of Columbia, 1979 to 2025

5,0007,50010K12.5K15K17.5K19791986199320002007201420251979: 10,553 count1980: 12,772 count1981: 14,468 count1982: 13,397 count1983: 11,933 count1984: 10,725 count1985: 10,171 count1986: 9,423 count1987: 10,016 count1988: 11,914 count1989: 12,937 count1990: 14,919 count1991: 14,671 count1992: 16,685 count1993: 16,888 count1994: 15,177 count1995: 14,744 count1996: 13,411 count1997: 10,708 count1998: 8,988 count1999: 8,448 count2000: 8,626 count2001: 9,195 count2002: 9,322 count2003: 9,061 count2004: 7,590 count2005: 8,032 count2006: 8,772 count2007: 8,325 count2008: 8,509 count2009: 8,089 count2010: 8,026 count2011: 7,433 count2012: 7,866 count2013: 8,415 count2014: 8,199 count2015: 8,538 count2016: 8,236 count2017: 6,976 count2018: 6,995 count2019: 7,403 count2020: 7,127 count2021: 6,362 count2022: 5,478 count2023: 7,846 count2024: 7,132 count2025: 5,570 count5,00010K15K20K19791995201120251979: 10,553 count1980: 12,772 count1981: 14,468 count1982: 13,397 count1983: 11,933 count1984: 10,725 count1985: 10,171 count1986: 9,423 count1987: 10,016 count1988: 11,914 count1989: 12,937 count1990: 14,919 count1991: 14,671 count1992: 16,685 count1993: 16,888 count1994: 15,177 count1995: 14,744 count1996: 13,411 count1997: 10,708 count1998: 8,988 count1999: 8,448 count2000: 8,626 count2001: 9,195 count2002: 9,322 count2003: 9,061 count2004: 7,590 count2005: 8,032 count2006: 8,772 count2007: 8,325 count2008: 8,509 count2009: 8,089 count2010: 8,026 count2011: 7,433 count2012: 7,866 count2013: 8,415 count2014: 8,199 count2015: 8,538 count2016: 8,236 count2017: 6,976 count2018: 6,995 count2019: 7,403 count2020: 7,127 count2021: 6,362 count2022: 5,478 count2023: 7,846 count2024: 7,132 count2025: 5,570 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20255,570
20247,132
20237,846
20225,478
20216,362
20207,127
20197,403
20186,995
20176,976
20168,236
20158,538
20148,199
20138,415
20127,866
20117,433
20108,026
20098,089
20088,509
20078,325
20068,772
20058,032
20047,590
20039,061
20029,322
20019,195
20008,626
19998,448
19988,988
199710,708
199613,411
199514,744
199415,177
199316,888
199216,685
199114,671
199014,919
198912,937
198811,914
198710,016
19869,423
198510,171
198410,725
198311,933
198213,397
198114,468
198012,772
197910,553

Compared with United States

Place2025
District of Columbia5,570
United States1,119,768

District of Columbia compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
  • Under 4,000
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  • 22K to 33K
  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 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.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. 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: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, 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/violent-crimes/district-of-columbia. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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

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What is the violent crimes in District of Columbia?

Violent crimes in District of Columbia was 5,570 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 21.9% from 2024. That is the 36th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest violent crimes in District of Columbia?

16,888 in 1993, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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