Monthly Briefs
Crime and policing briefs, by neighborhood
One brief per ward and neighborhood per month: reported incidents, trends, and how enforcement lands in the police district that covers the area. Reported incidents measure what residents report to MPD, not how safe a place is. Latest month: August 2026.
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Neighborhoods
Arboretum Brightwood Park Brookland Capitol Hill Capitol View Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park Colonial Village Columbia Heights Congress Heights Deanwood Douglas Downtown Dupont Circle Eastland Gardens Edgewood Fairfax Village Friendship Heights Georgetown Hawthorne Historic Anacostia Howard University Ivy City Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Kalorama Heights Lamont Riggs Mayfair National Mall Near Southeast North Cleveland Park North Michigan Park Observatory Circle River Terrace Rock Creek Park Saint Elizabeths Shaw Sheridan Southwest Employment Area Spring Valley Takoma Twining Union Station Walter Reed West End Woodland Woodridge
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