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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Fairfax Village Crime and Policing Report, February 2026

14 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 district covering Fairfax Village.

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Key Takeaways

14 incidents were reported in Fairfax Village in February 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (5 incidents, 36% of the month's total).
Total incidents were up 40% versus January 2026 and essentially unchanged versus February 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Theft (Other), which fell from 6 to 5.
This February was 52% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~29 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Fairfax Village

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through February 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 226 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

February Incidents by Year, Fairfax Village

February incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 161 incidents across 6 years of February. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Fairfax Village

Offense breakdown for February 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 14 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 6 covers about 100% of Fairfax Village's reported incidents. 31,720 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 1.0x their share of the district's population; the district drew 1.1x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 6 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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Incident counts reflect reported MPD crimes for the calendar month and are subject to revision. This report shows historical incident counts and trends only.