District of Columbia

District of Columbia has recorded 22 homicides across 1 cities, with 28 victims identified. Washington accounts for 22 of those incidents. The state ranks #19 among 27 U.S. states tracked by the FBI, with a clearance rate of 36% — meaning 8 cases resulted in an arrest or suspect identification, while 6 (27%) remain under investigation. Homicide data is updated continuously as new FBI UCR reports become available.

District of Columbia's homicide footprint is shaped by the largest urban centers and by a distinct set of state-level policy conditions. Firearms policy and local policing strategy both shape the patterns the FBI UCR records in District of Columbia. Washington carries an outsize share of the statewide homicide total, 1 different cities have contributed at least one recorded incident in the current FBI dataset. The Murder Channel tracks District of Columbia homicides through FBI UCR data, providing transparent visibility into statewide violence patterns and cross-linking individual city pages so that readers can move from the state overview into the specific neighborhoods where violence concentrates. Read deeper coverage in our District of Columbia state homicide data page.