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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Downtown Crime and Policing Report, April 2026

106 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 Downtown.

Downtown highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

106 incidents were reported in Downtown in April 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (84 incidents, 79% of the month's total).
Total incidents were down 5% versus March 2026 and down 41% versus April 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Theft (Other), which rose from 76 to 84.
This April was 25% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~142 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Downtown

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through April 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 1,682 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

April Incidents by Year, Downtown

April incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 815 incidents across 6 years of April. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Downtown

Offense breakdown for April 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 106 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 2 covers about 52% of Downtown's reported incidents. 29,525 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 6.7x their share of the district's population; the district drew 0.7x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 2 analysis →
MPD District 1 covers about 40% of Downtown'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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