Neighborhood safety · Washington, D.C. · data through November 2026

How safe is your DC neighborhood?

SafeRoute scores every Washington, D.C. neighborhood 0–100 from incidents reported to the DC Metropolitan Police — severity-weighted, within 1 km of each area's center, normalized citywide. Higher is safer. The same data powers the SafeRoute app's crime-aware walking routes.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighborhood's center — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. Note: the Metropolitan Police publish incident locations at block level for privacy, so dots mark blocks, not addresses. Citywide median index: 56/100.

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Feed current to November 2026covers 9 months6 offence categoriesdata transparency 83/100

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Ward 1

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Park View	35/100	Elevated	771
Howard University	30/100	Elevated	949
Adams Morgan	29/100	Elevated	1,137
Le Droit Park	29/100	Elevated	1,025
Mount Pleasant	28/100	Elevated	1,137
Lanier Heights	26/100	Elevated	1,296
Pleasant Plains	26/100	Elevated	1,217
Cardozo/Shaw	22/100	High risk	1,509
Columbia Heights	22/100	High risk	1,481

Ward 2

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Monumental Core	96/100	Low risk	18
Burleith/Hillandale	71/100	Moderate	199
Foggy Bottom	55/100	Moderate	379
Georgetown	49/100	Elevated	523
George Washington University	47/100	Elevated	508
Kalorama Heights	45/100	Elevated	567
West End	38/100	Elevated	746
Penn Quarter	32/100	Elevated	931
Connecticut Avenue/K Street	30/100	Elevated	1,084
Chinatown	29/100	Elevated	1,098
Downtown	27/100	Elevated	1,255
Dupont Circle	27/100	Elevated	1,192
Mount Vernon Square	24/100	High risk	1,441
Logan Circle/Shaw	22/100	High risk	1,517

Ward 3

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Georgetown Reservoir	93/100	Low risk	35
Palisades	93/100	Low risk	34
Spring Valley	92/100	Low risk	42
Foxhall Crescents	91/100	Low risk	42
Foxhall Village	89/100	Low risk	56
Wesley Heights	87/100	Low risk	69
Friendship Heights	82/100	Low risk	103
Forest Hills	79/100	Low risk	123
American University Park	75/100	Low risk	161
Mass. Ave. Heights	75/100	Low risk	146
Cathedral Heights	73/100	Moderate	174
McLean Gardens	73/100	Moderate	170
Van Ness	72/100	Moderate	173
Glover Park	70/100	Moderate	199
Tenleytown	68/100	Moderate	222
Cleveland Park	65/100	Moderate	245
Woodley Park	61/100	Moderate	320
North Cleveland Park	60/100	Moderate	315
Woodland-Normanstone	60/100	Moderate	333

Ward 4

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Hawthorne	95/100	Low risk	27
North Portal Estates	95/100	Low risk	27
Colonial Village	91/100	Low risk	47
Barnaby Woods	90/100	Low risk	52
Lamond Riggs	74/100	Moderate	161
Chevy Chase	70/100	Moderate	206
Shepherd Park	66/100	Moderate	238
Crestwood	63/100	Moderate	242
Manor Park	62/100	Moderate	267
16th Street Heights	58/100	Moderate	320
Takoma	49/100	Elevated	468
Brightwood Park	45/100	Elevated	525
Brightwood	43/100	Elevated	606
Petworth	39/100	Elevated	651

Ward 5

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Pleasant Hill	80/100	Low risk	113
Michigan Park	79/100	Low risk	118
Fort Lincoln	76/100	Low risk	132
Woodridge	76/100	Low risk	129
North Michigan Park	72/100	Moderate	172
Gateway	71/100	Moderate	178
South Central	70/100	Moderate	182
Arboretum	69/100	Moderate	197
Langdon	63/100	Moderate	245
Stronghold	63/100	Moderate	240
Queens Chapel	62/100	Moderate	282
University Heights	61/100	Moderate	279
Fort Totten	60/100	Moderate	301
Brookland	58/100	Moderate	315
Edgewood	50/100	Moderate	387
Brentwood	45/100	Elevated	489
Ivy City	45/100	Elevated	484
Langston	45/100	Elevated	481
Bloomingdale	43/100	Elevated	542
Trinidad	42/100	Elevated	546
Eckington	39/100	Elevated	636
Carver	38/100	Elevated	649
Truxton Circle	26/100	Elevated	1,234

Ward 6

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Fort McNair	74/100	Moderate	136
Buzzard Point	67/100	Moderate	195
Southwest Employment Area	60/100	Moderate	272
Southwest/Waterfront	47/100	Elevated	461
Downtown East	46/100	Elevated	500
Capitol Hill	45/100	Elevated	585
Lincoln Park	44/100	Elevated	623
Stanton Park	37/100	Elevated	772
North Capitol Street	28/100	Elevated	1,145
Mount Vernon Triangle	27/100	Elevated	1,172
Near Northeast	27/100	Elevated	1,172

Ward 7

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Fort Davis Park	86/100	Low risk	75
Fairfax Village	80/100	Low risk	105
Penn Branch	80/100	Low risk	106
Greenway	71/100	Moderate	136
Kenilworth	71/100	Moderate	142
NE Boundary	68/100	Moderate	168
Twining	65/100	Moderate	185
Burrville	63/100	Moderate	213
Grant Park	63/100	Moderate	214
Benning Ridge	62/100	Moderate	211
Dupont Park	62/100	Moderate	228
Capitol View	59/100	Moderate	248
Hill East	58/100	Moderate	326
Marshall Heights	58/100	Moderate	240
Eastland Gardens	57/100	Moderate	264
Hillcrest	56/100	Moderate	335
Lincoln Heights	56/100	Moderate	293
Deanwood	55/100	Moderate	309
Randle Highlands	54/100	Moderate	327
River Terrace	53/100	Moderate	321
Fort Dupont	52/100	Moderate	331
Mayfair	52/100	Moderate	344
Naylor Gardens	49/100	Elevated	390
Benning	45/100	Elevated	438
Central NE	43/100	Elevated	488
Kingman Park	38/100	Elevated	670

Ward 8

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Barry Farm	66/100	Moderate	186
Navy Yard	57/100	Moderate	333
Bellevue	54/100	Moderate	307
Congress Heights	54/100	Moderate	277
Hillsdale	54/100	Moderate	305
Shipley	52/100	Moderate	322
Douglass	51/100	Moderate	341
Fort Stanton	50/100	Moderate	340
Washington Highlands	50/100	Moderate	328
Historic Anacostia	48/100	Elevated	390
Fairlawn	46/100	Elevated	430
Near Southeast	46/100	Elevated	523
Skyland	45/100	Elevated	474
Knox Hill/Buena Vista	44/100	Elevated	467
Garfield Heights	41/100	Elevated	528
Woodland	41/100	Elevated	539

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Methodology

Each incident reported to the DC Metropolitan Police (via Open Data DC) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every neighborhood we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its center, and normalize against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Boundaries are DCGIS's 132 named neighborhoods, grouped by the 8 city wards. Time-of-day charts use MPD offense start times, severity-weighted. Locations are published at block level for privacy. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares areas within Washington, D.C.. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — Washington, D.C.'s figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.