State crime profile · 2024
District Of Columbia Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 1 cities (no FBI Table 10 county rows in this vintage) in District Of Columbia (DC), ranked safest to most dangerous from 3 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 1,015.2
- Violent / 100K
- 3,725.9
- Property / 100K
- 1
- Cities
District Of Columbia violent crime is 1,015.2 per 100,000, 188% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, District Of Columbia records 1,015.2 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 188% above the national average (about the 51st-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 1,015.2 violent crimes per 100K
- +188% vs. the U.S. average
- 51st safest of 51 states & DC
- 3,725.9 property crimes per 100K
How safe is District Of Columbia? FBI UCR data snapshot
District Of Columbia (DC) reported 7,129 violent crimes and 26,165 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 3 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 1015.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3725.9 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 702,250. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 1 District Of Columbia cities and 0 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for District Of Columbia below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 1244.4 to 1015.2 per 100,000, a decline of 18.4%. City-level detail pages within District Of Columbia include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
How District Of Columbia ranks nationally
District Of Columbia vs. every U.S. state
Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.
1,015 0th percentile among 51 U.S. states
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Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 702,250 | 7,129 | 1015.2 | 26,165 | 3725.9 |
| 2023 | 678,972 | 7,852 | 1156.5 | 29,438 | 4335.7 |
| 2022 | 671,803 | 5,495 | 817.9 | 24,047 | 3579.5 |
| 2021 | 670,050 | 2,886 | 430.7 | 11,756 | 1754.5 |
| 2020 | 712,816 | 7,127 | 999.8 | 25,108 | 3522.4 |
| 2019 | 705,749 | 7,403 | 1049 | 30,981 | 4389.8 |
| 2018 | 702,455 | 6,995 | 995.8 | 30,921 | 4401.8 |
| 2017 | 693,972 | 6,975 | 1005.1 | 29,960 | 4317.2 |
| 2016 | 681,170 | 8,236 | 1209.1 | 32,931 | 4834.5 |
| 2015 | 672,228 | 8,538 | 1270.1 | 31,683 | 4713.1 |
| 2014 | 658,893 | 8,199 | 1244.4 | 34,357 | 5214.4 |
Cities in District Of Columbia
District Of Columbia safety livability score: 0/100
Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.
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Violent crime rate
1015.2/100K · F (0th percentile)
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Property crime rate
3725.9/100K · F (0th percentile)
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Murder rate
N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed
| City | Population | Violent / 100K | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 702,250 | 925.9 | F |
Counties in District Of Columbia
FBI Table 10 lists no county rows for District Of Columbia in this vintage (1 Census county-equivalents exist; participation is voluntary). Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
No county profile pages for District Of Columbia in this vintage. City and statewide agency totals remain available above.
Nationwide peers for District Of Columbia
Similar violent rate (~1,015.2/100K)
- Alaska · 728.4/100K violent
- New Mexico · 696.9/100K violent
- Tennessee · 601.6/100K violent
- Arkansas · 580.1/100K violent
Similar property rate (~3,725.9/100K)
- Colorado · 2640.7/100K property
- Washington · 2498.3/100K property
- Oregon · 2409.8/100K property
- Nevada · 2226.3/100K property
Nearby States
Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology
Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Put this to use
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