Trump Oversaw Dramatic Year-over-Year D.C. Murder Drop in January

WASHINGTON – The nation’s capital saw a monumental drop in murders in January 2026 compared to January 2025 following President Donald Trump’s establishment of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and crime crackdown beginning last year.

According to a Friday report from the Washington Post, there was one documented murder in the nation’s capital between January 1 and January 27.

“D.C. hadn’t started a year with more than 10 days without a slaying in three decades. By this time last year, there had been nine homicides in the city,” the Post’s Emma Uber and Peter Hermann noted.

There was an over 80 percent decline in murders in January compared to January 2025, according to Clay Travis. Official D.C. crime statistics show that