Fact-check · Oct 9, 2026 · Donald Trump
“Crime is down 87”
MOSTLY TRUE
What the record shows
DC carjackings fell 87% from July 2023 to July 2025 (16 in July 2025 vs. ~123 in July 2023), per DC Metropolitan Police Department data cited by multiple independent sources.
The 87% figure is accurate for carjackings specifically, but the speaker's phrasing 'Crime is down 87' is misleading—overall violent crime is down ~29%, not 87%. The speaker appears to have cited the most dramatic single-crime category decl
Sources
- Trump Administration Continues Touting Success of DC Crime Crackdown - Newsweek
- Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike
- Washington, D.C.’s crime decline and its lessons for American policing - Niskanen Center
- D.C. reports decline in violent crime amid data disagreements
- Violent crime in D.C. dropped in 2024. What's behind the decrease?
- What were Washington DC violent crime rates in 2024 an...
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