Crime in District of Columbia
Major crime across District of Columbia is 1.8 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.5 times for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 20.2% from a year earlier. Of the 1 place below, 0 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.
Larger places in District of Columbia, against the U.S. and the state
Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.
The largest places in District of Columbia that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.
Robbery is highest, at 5.9 times the U.S. rate
Every block group in District of Columbia, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.
Persons crimes
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across District of Columbia
Share of District of Columbia residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.
- 0–503.0%
- 50–10024.0%
- 100–20049.4%
- 200–40019.5%
- 400+4.0%
100.0% of District of Columbia residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI. Data sources
571 block groups and 706,013 residents. How the estimates are made