Washington, D.C. has gone at least ten consecutive days without a homicide, an unusually long lull for a city that averaged roughly one killing every two days last year. The Crime Prevention Research Center calculates the probability of an 11-day homicide-free stretch at just 0.35% based on 2024 data and 0.58% using figures from the first seven months of 2025, underscoring the rarity of the current run. The homicide hiatus follows President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this month to assume expanded federal control over public-safety operations in the District as part of a nationwide violent-crime crackdown. Vice President JD Vance said overall reported crime in the capital has fallen more than 35% in the past ten days and that federal and local authorities have made 914 arrests since the deployment. Administration officials argue the numbers validate Trump’s strategy and have signaled that similar interventions could be extended to other high-crime cities such as Chicago. Independent analysts caution that longer-term data will be needed to determine whether the decline is sustainable once the enhanced federal presence recedes.