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It’s been 30 days since President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency and ordered National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to quell what he has called “out of control” crime. Trump’s Aug. 11 declaration expires Wednesday, which means he will no longer have authority over local police. The National Guard, however, will remain in Washington, D.C., at least through the end of November unless Trump ends his orders earlier. Trump has touted the success of his initiative and promised to implement similar actions in other cities, but the exact impact of his emergency declaration is hard to measure.A Get the Facts Data Team analysis found that incidents of violent crime have fallen in the 30 days since Trump’s emergency order, but violent crime was already on a two-year decline in the district following a 2023 spike, according to Metropolitan Police Department data. If you compare the 30 days after Aug. 11 to the 30 days before, violent crime has dropped 17% and property crime incidents have dropped 18%, police data shows. However, there are many factors that can affect crime, and trends are difficult to determine with such a small snapshot of time. A broader look at crime in Washington confirms the existing downward trend of violent crime and shows that incidents of property crime have trended up and down over the years. Crime can be cyclical in nature, and researchers have found that crime rates tend to peak in the summer months. A CNN analysis estimates that it costs $1 million per day to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C. A White House spokesperson did not directly answer the Hearst Television Washington News Bureau’s request for official numbers on the cost of deploying the National Guard.There has still been crime in the nation’s capital despite Trump’s focus on the issue. Since Aug. 11, there have been seven homicides in Washington, D.C. Two of those deaths occurred after Trump declared Washington a “crime free zone” in an Aug. 31 post on Truth Social. There have also been nine reported cases of sex abuse, although experts say that sexual abuse cases are typically underreported to police.There have been 35% fewer instances of motor vehicle theft compared to the 30 days before Aug. 11, but still, preliminary data from Washington, D.C., police show that there were 250 cases.Trump has cast doubt on the validity of data published by the Metropolitan Police Department. In an Aug. 18 post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that the Washington, D.C., police had falsified crime numbers to create a “false illusion of safety.”On Monday, Trump criticized the Metropolitan police for including too much in its numbers — namely, he critiqued classifying “a little fight with the wife” as a crime. In July, a police commander was suspended after allegations, that he denies, of altering crime data. In mid-August, the Justice Department opened an investigation into whether police officials have altered data to make crime rates appear lower. While much of Trump's focus has been on Washington, D.C., data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System shows that other U.S. cities have larger crime problems. Washington, D.C., ranks 10th among cities with the highest murder rate and 36th in terms of violent crime. The FBI does caution against doing city-by-city rankings, as many things can affect crime rates in a city.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=