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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Arboretum Crime and Policing Report, February 2026

0 reported incidents · Washington, DC · Source: DC MPD

Reported incidents measure what residents report to MPD, not how safe a place is. This brief pairs them with how enforcement lands in the police districts covering Arboretum.

Arboretum highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

0 incidents were reported in Arboretum in February 2026.
Total incidents were no comparable prior data versus January 2026 and down 100% versus February 2025.

Monthly Crime Volume, Arboretum

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through February 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 5 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

February Incidents by Year, Arboretum

February incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 2 incidents across 2 years of February. Y axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 5 covers about 65% of Arboretum's reported incidents. 40,694 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 1.5x their share of the district's population; the district drew 1.1x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 5 analysis →
MPD District 1 covers about 35% of Arboretum's reported incidents. 31,770 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 3.1x their share of the district's population; the district drew 1.0x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 1 analysis →

These figures come from the same MPD stop records and reported-crime data analyzed across this site. Reported crime is not occurred crime, and stop counts measure enforcement, not danger. Methodology: stops by district and enforcement vs reported crime.

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