D.C. crime Archives - The Washington Informer

**FILE**Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith has been working on targeted policing strategies and new laws to hold repeat offenders accountable. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves announced violent crime in Washington, D.C., has reached its lowest levels in over three decades, according to data released by MPD. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Violent Crime in D.C. Drops to Lowest Levels in Over 30 Years

by Stacy M. Brown January 3, 2025January 3, 2025

The Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves have announced that violent crime in Washington, D.C., has reached its lowest levels in over three decades, thanks to a strategy focused on dismantling criminal crews and implementing Project Safe Neighborhoods.

**FILE** D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

D.C. AG Introduces SAFE Act to Reduce Crime at Apartment Buildings

by WI Web Staff July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

MOSS/BURFORD: D.C. Crime Bill Fails to Address Root Causes of Violence and Incarceration

by Kaili Moss and Jillian Burford March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

Acting D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith speaks to a group of faith leaders. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

In Speaking to Ministers, Smith Preaches to the ‘Choir’ on Crime

by James Wright Jr. August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

Anwar Saleem is in his 17th year as executive director of H Street Main Street. (Courtesy photo)

H Street Representative Weighs In on Safer, Stronger D.C. Legislation

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser takes notes during her Public Safety Summit at the District Emergency Operations Center in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt/The Washington Informer)

Bowser Proposes Legislation to Strengthen Response to Violent Crime

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Hours before the Senate's 81-14-1 vote of the RCCA disapproval resolution on March 8, a collective of grassroots organizations, advocates and elected officials march to the U.S. Capitol in support of the legislation and the ongoing fight for D.C. statehood. (Courtesy of Cleveland Nelson)

Black D.C. Residents Weigh In on Embattled Criminal Code Bill

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

**FILE** D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Jacques Benovil/The Washington Informer)

Bowser, Congressional Republicans Tackle D.C. Criminal Code Revision from Different Angles

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

**FILE** Yellow police tape on the East Plaza with the Capitol dome in the background on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

D.C. Surpasses 200 Homicides for 2022

by WI Web Staff December 30, 2022December 30, 2022

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center) speaks during a Feb. 1 joint press conference in northeast D.C. with Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (right) and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee (left) on the rise in juvenile carjackings in the region. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

D.C.-Area Leaders Seek Answers in Rise of Recent Carjackings

by James Wright Jr. February 9, 2022February 10, 2022