One Year In: FBI Says DC Crime Crackdown Yielded Thousands of Arrests and a Major Homicide Drop

On the one-year anniversary of Trump-era efforts in Washington, D.C., the FBI touts over 6,000 arrests (6,121 per the agency), thousands of drug and firearm seizures, a 44% drop in homicides, and other claimed wins such as rescuing more than 7,000 children from predators and dismantling millions of pedophile accounts, plus major fraud-network takedowns. FBI Director Kash Patel credits federal leadership and interagency cooperation for making the capital safer, while noting the ongoing enforcement push and political controversy over National Guard deployments.