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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

North Cleveland Park Crime and Policing Report, January 2026

15 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 North Cleveland Park.

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Key Takeaways

15 incidents were reported in North Cleveland Park in January 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (7 incidents, 47% of the month's total).
Total incidents were essentially unchanged versus December 2025 and essentially unchanged versus January 2025.
This January was 23% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~20 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, North Cleveland Park

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through January 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 266 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

January Incidents by Year, North Cleveland Park

January incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 113 incidents across 6 years of January. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, North Cleveland Park

Offense breakdown for January 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 15 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 2 covers about 100% of North Cleveland Park's reported incidents. 29,525 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 6.7x their share of the district's population; the district drew 0.7x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 2 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.