Trump Declares D.C. a 'Crime Free Zone' Despite 442 Crimes Reported in Past Week

Source: Rolling Stone

September 1, 2025



Following his National Guard takeover of Washington, D.C., Donald Trump has declared the capital “crime free.” In a new post on Truth Social, Trump praised Mayor Muriel Bowser for working with him to “eliminate” violent crime.

“Her statements and actions were positive, instead of others like Pritzker, Wes Moore, Newscum, and the 5% approval rated Mayor of Chicago, who spend all of their time trying to justify violent Crime, instead of working with us to completely ELIMINATE it, which we have done in Washington, D.C., NOW A CRIME FREE ZONE,” Trump wrote on Monday. “Wouldn’t it be nice to say that about Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and even the Crime Drenched City of Baltimore???” He added, “D.C. is a GIANT VICTORY that never has to end!!!”

According to available crime statistics from D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, there were 442 crimes reported in the district in the past seven days. These include 50 reports of violent crime: one homicide, 23 instances of assault with a dangerous weapon, 24 robberies, and two cases of sex abuse. There were also nearly 250 thefts reported over the past week.

Trump began his so-called crime crackdown in D.C. on Aug. 11. As part of the effort, his administration took over the city’s police department and sent in National Guard troops, FBI, and ICE agents into the streets. Trump said the action was necessary “to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.”

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