Wednesday, August 20, 2025

D.C.'s Murder Rate is More Than 500% Higher Than the Average State

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

D.C.’s murder rate ran 169 percent higher than Louisiana’s, the deadliest state, and an astonishing 523 percent higher than that of the average state.

Democrats insist Washington, D.C. doesn't have a crime problem. On a podcast last week, Senate Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed, "I walk around all the time. I wake up early in the morning ... And I feel perfectly safe." He dismissed Republican concerns about safety as "full of it," but, of course, Schumer doesn't go anywhere without his security detail. In a similar vein, D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen called the federalization of law enforcement "unnecessary, unwarranted," and the D.C. Council emphasized that crime rates are at "the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30 years." [more...]

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