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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Ivy City Crime and Policing Report, July 2026

73 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 Ivy City.

Ivy City highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

73 incidents were reported in Ivy City in July 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (33 incidents, 45% of the month's total).
Total incidents were up 3% versus June 2026 and down 30% versus July 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Theft from Auto, which rose from 2 to 16.
This July was 45% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~133 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Ivy City

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through July 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 970 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

July Incidents by Year, Ivy City

July incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 737 incidents across 6 years of July. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Ivy City

Offense breakdown for July 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 73 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 5 covers about 100% of Ivy City'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 →

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.