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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Lamont Riggs Crime and Policing Report, February 2026

18 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 Lamont Riggs.

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Key Takeaways

18 incidents were reported in Lamont Riggs in February 2026.
Theft from Auto was the most common offense (8 incidents, 44% of the month's total).
Total incidents were down 44% versus January 2026 and down 55% versus February 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Theft (Other), which fell from 16 to 5.
This February was 58% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~43 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Lamont Riggs

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through February 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 483 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

February Incidents by Year, Lamont Riggs

February incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 234 incidents across 6 years of February. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Lamont Riggs

Offense breakdown for February 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 18 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 4 covers about 100% of Lamont Riggs's reported incidents. 26,175 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 1.4x their share of the district's population; the district drew 0.9x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 4 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.