<Tr> <Td> Other non-Christian faiths </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Crime in Washington, D.C., is concentrated in areas associated with poverty, drug abuse, and gangs . A 2010 study found that 5% of city blocks accounted for over one - quarter of the District's total crime . The more affluent neighborhoods of Northwest Washington are typically safe, but reports of violent crime increase in poorer neighborhoods generally concentrated in the eastern portion of the city . Approximately 60,000 residents are ex-convicts . </P> <P> Washington was often described as the "murder capital" of the United States during the early 1990s . The number of murders peaked in 1991 at 479, but the level of violence then began to decline significantly . By 2012, Washington's annual murder count had dropped to 88, the lowest total since 1961 . The murder rate has since risen from that historic low, though it remains close to half the rate of the early 2000s . In 2016, the District's Metropolitan Police Department tallied 135 homicides, a 53% increase from 2012 but a 17% decrease from 2015 . Many neighborhoods such as Columbia Heights and Logan Circle are becoming safer and vibrant . However, incidents of robberies and thefts have remained higher in these areas because of increased nightlife activity and greater numbers of affluent residents . Even still, citywide reports of both property and violent crimes have declined by nearly half since their most recent highs in the mid-1990s . </P> <P> On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States held in District of Columbia v. Heller that the city's 1976 handgun ban violated the right to keep and bear arms as protected under the Second Amendment . However, the ruling does not prohibit all forms of gun control; laws requiring firearm registration remain in place, as does the city's assault weapon ban . In addition to the District's own Metropolitan Police Department, many federal law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction in the city as well--most visibly the U.S. Park Police, founded in 1791 . </P>

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