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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Historic Anacostia Crime and Policing Report, June 2026

13 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 Historic Anacostia.

Historic Anacostia highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

13 incidents were reported in Historic Anacostia in June 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (5 incidents, 38% of the month's total).
Total incidents were down 28% versus May 2026 and up 8% versus June 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Theft (Other), which fell from 7 to 5.
This June was 36% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~20 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Historic Anacostia

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through June 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 159 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

June Incidents by Year, Historic Anacostia

June incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 114 incidents across 6 years of June. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Historic Anacostia

Offense breakdown for June 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 13 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 7 covers about 100% of Historic Anacostia's reported incidents. 30,949 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 1.1x their share of the district's population; the district drew 1.7x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 7 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.