Washington, D.C.’s murder rate reached a 16-year high on Monday after the district recorded its 199th homicide of the year, according to a new report by DCist.

The district has seen 13 percent more murders this year than the same time last year, Metropolitan Police Department data show. Washington, D.C., recorded 198 homicides last year and 166 homicides in 2019.

At a press conference on Tuesday, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser said she is “very concerned about the increased number of people who have lost their lives senselessly.”