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Monthly Crime and Policing Brief

Southwest Employment Area Crime and Policing Report, August 2026

34 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 Southwest Employment Area.

Southwest Employment Area highlighted on a map of Washington, DC

Key Takeaways

34 incidents were reported in Southwest Employment Area in August 2026.
Theft (Other) was the most common offense (21 incidents, 62% of the month's total).
Total incidents were down 17% versus July 2026 and down 31% versus August 2025.
The biggest month-over-month change was Motor Vehicle Theft, which fell from 8 to 1.
This August was 33% below the 5-year historical average for the month (~51 incidents).

Monthly Crime Volume, Southwest Employment Area

Reported incidents per month, trailing 13 months through August 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 530 incidents over 13 months. Y axis: incidents per month.

August Incidents by Year, Southwest Employment Area

August incidents across recent years: the seasonal view. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 287 incidents across 6 years of August. Y axis: incidents in the month.

Offense Breakdown, Southwest Employment Area

Offense breakdown for August 2026. Source: MPD reported incidents (nine Part I offenses) via DC Open Data; N = 34 incidents; X axis: incidents in the month.

How Policing Lands Here

MPD District 1 covers about 100% of Southwest Employment Area's reported incidents. 31,770 stops of persons were recorded there since 2023; Black people were stopped at 3.1x their share of the district's population; the district drew 1.0x the stops that its share of reported crime accounts for. Full District 1 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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