Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Lamont Riggs Crime and Policing Report, September 2026

57 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.

Lamont Riggs highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

57 incidents were reported in Lamont Riggs in September 2026.
Theft from Auto was the most common offense (19 incidents, 33% of the month's total).
Total incidents were up 63% versus August 2026 and up 84% versus September 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Theft from Auto, which rose from 10 to 19.
This September was 59% above the 5-year historical average for the month (~36 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Lamont Riggs

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through September 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 482 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

September Incidents by Year, Lamont Riggs

September incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 236 incidents across 6 years of September. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Lamont Riggs

Offense breakdown for September 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 57 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.

← August 2026

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