2023 Off to Violent Start for DC, With Crime Up an
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Posted On: 02/13/2023 8:01:00 PM
2023 Off to Violent Start for DC, With Crime Up and Some Residents Worried
It was a violent weekend in Southeast D.C. near Navy Yard: Just hours after a deadly shooting by the Navy Yard Metro station, another shooting took place just a few yards away on Tingey Street.
This snapshot of crime, just eight days into the year, is only a small sampling of violence in the District, and it's concerning some residents in the neighborhood.
Compared to this time in 2022, thefts from cars are up 30%, while thefts of cars are up 113%, numbers from D.C. police show. Robberies have increased by 57%, and overall property crime -- which includes offenses such as burglary, theft and arson -- are up 42% over this time in 2022.
The killing of 22-year-old Terry Clarke of Southeast D.C. outside the Navy Yard Metro station on Saturday night was among six for the first week of the year. That's twice the number of homicides during the first week of 2022.
"I'm from New Jersey, and I feel like crime is spiking everywhere," one woman in Navy Yard told News4. "And it is definitely a concern."
It was a violent weekend in Southeast D.C. near Navy Yard: Just hours after a deadly shooting by the Navy Yard Metro station, another shooting took place just a few yards away on Tingey Street.
This snapshot of crime, just eight days into the year, is only a small sampling of violence in the District, and it's concerning some residents in the neighborhood.
Compared to this time in 2022, thefts from cars are up 30%, while thefts of cars are up 113%, numbers from D.C. police show. Robberies have increased by 57%, and overall property crime -- which includes offenses such as burglary, theft and arson -- are up 42% over this time in 2022.
The killing of 22-year-old Terry Clarke of Southeast D.C. outside the Navy Yard Metro station on Saturday night was among six for the first week of the year. That's twice the number of homicides during the first week of 2022.
"I'm from New Jersey, and I feel like crime is spiking everywhere," one woman in Navy Yard told News4. "And it is definitely a concern."
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