Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Arboretum Crime and Policing Report, September 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 September 2026.
Total incidents were no comparable prior data versus August 2026 and no comparable prior data versus September 2025.

Monthly Crime Volume, Arboretum

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through September 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 1 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

September Incidents by Year, Arboretum

September incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 4 incidents across 2 years of September. 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.

← August 2026

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