Infographics Archives - D.C. Witness

Homicides Rise in DC From September to October

Details As of Nov. 7, D.C. Witness data reports that in October there were 20 homicide incidents and 25 homicide victims in the District. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has arrested... Read More

Fatal Shootings Decrease in August from 20 Recorded in July, data Shows

Details Fatal shootings in August decreased by 33 percent from July. D.C. Witness data shows 14 shootings in August compared to 20 fatal shootings in July. In total there were 15... Read More

80 Homicides Happened in First 5 Months of 2021, Data Shows

Details There were 80 homicides in DC from the beginning of this year through the end of May, according to D.C. Witness data. As of June 1, 2020, a year with... Read More

All but One Homicide in March Involved Gun Violence

Details Twelve homicides happened in DC during the month of March, three less than the previous month. Almost all of the victims were killed in shootings. The one exception was Mohammad... Read More

Homicide Rates Rise 9.5 Percent in August

Details Twenty-three homicides occurred in DC during the month of August, which is approximately a 9.5% increase from July. There were no homicides between Aug. 1 and 6, yet three homicides... Read More

PCP Maintains Strong Presence in DC’s Criminal Justice System, Data Shows

By Andrea Keckley [former] - March 30, 2021
Featured | Infographics | Videos |

Details John Littlejohn says he’ll never forget the Saturday night he sat on a church’s steps high on PCP. “The police were making patrols in the neighborhood,” he recalls. “I was... Read More

February Homicide Count Decreases from January, but Still High

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 10, 2021
Featured | Infographics |

Details Even though the month was only 29 days long, the total number of homicides that occurred in February in the District of Columbia exceeded the total amount of homicides in... Read More

Homicides Rise in January

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 11, 2021
Featured | Infographics |

Details The homicide count in DC rose by 38 percent with a majority of the homicides resulting from gun-related incident. There were 18 homicides in January with 15 of those homicides... Read More

Judges Hold 17 Percent of Domestic Violence Defendants from mid-June to September, Data Shows

Details From June 16 to Sept. 30, there were 448 domestic violence defendants presented during initial hearings at the DC Superior Court, in which 75 defendants were held. Domestic Violence Holds... Read More

Homicides in December Decrease from November

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 4, 2021
Featured | Homicides | Infographics | Victims |

Details D.C. Witness data shows that there were 13 homicides in Washington, DC in December of 2020, nearly a 28 percent decline from the month before. Twelve of the homicides resulted... Read More

Judges Issue 59 Bench Warrants Between June and September

By D.C. Witness Staff - December 14, 2020
Court | Featured | Homicides | Infographics |

Details DC Superior Court judges issued 59 bench warrants for felony charges from June 1 to Sept. 30. According to Cornell Law, a bench warrant is given out by a judge... Read More

November Homicides Decrease from October, Count Still High

By D.C. Witness Staff - December 9, 2020
Featured | Homicides | Infographics | Suspects |

Details Even though the homicide count was lower than October, the overall count still showed an increase from the year before. According to D.C. Witness data, there were 18 homicides in... Read More