- Neighborhoods ranked
- 47
- Reports, 30 days
- 2,005
- Violent, 30 days
- 246
- Violent / sq mi
- 4.3
- city-wide, median 4.3
Safest neighborhoods in Washington#
The 10 Washington neighborhoods with the fewest violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days. Low numbers mean few reports where people live and work, not that nothing ever happens there.
| # | Neighborhood | Violent / sq mi | Violent | All reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnaby Woods | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Kent/Palisades | 0.0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Forest Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | Woodley Park | 0.0 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | Chevy Chase | 0.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Shepherd Park | 0.0 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 | Brightwood | 0.7 | 1 | 52 |
| 8 | Michigan Park | 0.8 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Cathedral Heights | 0.9 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Fort Lincoln/Gateway | 1.0 | 3 | 33 |
Most dangerous neighborhoods in Washington#
The 10 neighborhoods with the most violent crime reports per square mile. Downtowns, nightlife districts and transit hubs rank high partly because so many people pass through them; a report is where an incident was recorded, not a judgment on the people who live there.
| # | Neighborhood | Violent / sq mi | Violent | All reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U Street/Pleasant Plains | 23 | 20 | 124 |
| 2 | Columbia Heights | 16 | 10 | 112 |
| 3 | Logan Circle/Shaw | 15 | 11 | 114 |
| 4 | Edgewood | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Union Station | 13 | 11 | 125 |
| 6 | Douglass | 12 | 7 | 20 |
| 7 | Trinidad | 11 | 14 | 87 |
| 8 | Chinatown | 11 | 13 | 142 |
| 9 | South Columbia Heights | 8.7 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Adams Morgan | 8.0 | 5 | 38 |
All 47 Washington neighborhoods#
Every neighborhood, safest first (1 = the fewest violent crime reports per square mile). Neighborhoods under 0.2 square miles are listed without a rank: a single report would swing their figure.
How this ranking works#
- Data: every crime report DC MPD published for the last 30 days, placed in a neighborhood from its block-level location.
- Measure: violent crime reports (assault, robbery, homicide, sex offenses and similar) per square mile of the neighborhood, so large and small areas compare fairly.
- Limits:reports are preliminary and are not convictions; departments do not publish every incident; busy areas count visitors' incidents too. Treat the ranking as a starting point and check the blocks you care about on the map.
- Boundaries: DC Health Planning Neighborhoods. 49 reports fell outside these outlines (parks, airports, the edge of the city) and are not counted.
Questions#
What is the safest neighborhood in Washington?
By violent crime reports per square mile over the last 30 days, Barnaby Woods ranks first, with 0 violent reports on 1.8 square miles. Kent/Palisades and Forest Hills follow.
What is the most dangerous neighborhood in Washington?
U Street/Pleasant Plains has the most violent crime reports per square mile right now (23, against a city median of 4.3). Rankings shift month to month, and a few blocks often account for most of a neighborhood's reports.
How often is this ranking updated?
Warden recomputes it every few hours from DC MPD's open-data feed. Last computed Nov 4, 9:36 AM ET.
About this data#
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia via opendata.dc.gov, CC BY 4.0. Locations are approximate, usually the block. All agencies: data sources.