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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Mayfair Crime and Policing Report, April 2026

22 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 Mayfair.

Mayfair highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

22 incidents were reported in Mayfair in April 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (7 incidents, 32% of the month's total).
Total incidents were up 100% versus March 2026 and down 24% versus April 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Motor Vehicle Theft, which rose from 1 to 6.
This April was 31% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~32 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Mayfair

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through April 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 264 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

April Incidents by Year, Mayfair

April incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 182 incidents across 6 years of April. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Mayfair

Offense breakdown for April 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 22 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 6 covers about 100% of Mayfair'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.