Majority Of Voters Say Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown Was ‘Justified,’ Feel ‘Unsafe’

A majority of Americans back President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the District of Columbia and believe large American cities are unsafe, according to recent polling.

A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found that 54% of registered voters said the president’s crime-fighting efforts in the nation’s capital are “justified and necessary.” The favorable results come as the administration is touting a marked decline in crime since the president’s federal takeover of D.C., including a 12-day streak of zero reported homicides.

“This town averaged one murder every other day for the last 20-30 years, which means in two short weeks the president and his team have saved six or seven lives, people who would have been killed on the streets of DC,” Vice President JD Vance told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday.

“ are now living, breathing, spending time with their families because the president had the willpower to say no more, we’re not going to give the streets of DC over to vagrants and robbers and murderers,” Vance added.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro also attributed the falling crime statistics to the president’s crackdown efforts.

“The deterrent effect of all that’s going on as a result of the president’s move to make D.C. safe and beautiful is literally changing the safety landscape of Washington,” Pirro said in a video posted to the social media platform X on Monday.

Fifty-four percent of respondents also support the president declaring a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and 56% believe the average big city in the United States is “unsafe,” according to the survey. A slight majority of registered voters — 51% — said Trump’s deployment of National Guard units to Washington would make the city more safe.