Violent crime
676 per 100,000 residents, per year
208 reported in the last 12 months
+82% vs. Washington (371)
Data through September 2026, Metropolitan Police Department
Crime in Congress Heights and Bellevue, Washington
The violent crime rate in Congress Heights and Bellevue is 676 per 100,000 residents per year, 82% above Washington as a whole (371). It ranks 9 of 38 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
1,862 per 100,000 residents, per year
573 reported in the last 12 months
−31% vs. Washington (2,685)
All reported
2,538 per 100,000 residents, per year
781 reported in the last 12 months
−17% vs. Washington (3,055)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 30,770 for Congress Heights and Bellevue. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Congress Heights and Bellevue sits in Washington, and where incidents concentrate
rank 9 of 38Loading map…
1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Congress Heights and Bellevue is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 9 of 38. Nearby in the ranking: River Terrace and Benning (705), Mayfair and Hillbrook (691), Twining and Fairlawn (594), Capitol View and Marshall Heights (547).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 018XX Chesapeake St SE | 8 | 3 | 4% |
| 029XX Valley Ave SE | 6 | 4 | 3% |
| 030XX Galveston St SW | 5 | 18 | 2% |
| 0446XX Martin Luther King Jr Ave SW | 5 | 12 | 2% |
| 0533XX 6th St SE | 5 | 9 | 2% |
| 0642XX 4th St SE | 5 | 9 | 2% |
| 078XX Barnaby St SE | 5 | 5 | 2% |
“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 14XX U St NW), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 7 account for 19% of Congress Heights and Bellevue’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Congress Heights and Bellevue |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 26 |
| Nov 2025 | 15 |
| Dec 2025 | 9 |
| Jan 2026 | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 16 |
| Mar 2026 | 21 |
| Apr 2026 | 21 |
| May 2026 | 17 |
| Jun 2026 | 22 |
| Jul 2026 | 19 |
| Aug 2026 | 16 |
| Sep 2026 | 18 |
When crime happens in Congress Heights and Bellevue
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Congress Heights and Bellevue happened between 8 am and 6 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 3 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Metropolitan Police Department.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 7 am | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 8 am | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| 9 am | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| 10 am | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 11 am | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 12 pm | 6 | 27 | 33 |
| 1 pm | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 pm | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 pm | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| 4 pm | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 5 pm | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| 6 pm | 5 | 20 | 25 |
| 7 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 8 pm | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 9 pm | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 10 pm | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 11 pm | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 12 am | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 1 am | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 am | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 am | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 am | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Total with a known time | 157 | 414 | 571 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 118 | 383 | +119% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 77 | 250 | +37% |
| HomicideViolent | 13 | 42 | +229% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 267 | 868 | −47% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 130 | 422 | +19% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 113 | 367 | −38% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 63 | 205 | +86% |
Source and dates
MPD FeatureServer- Source
- Metropolitan Police Department, via Open Data DC (dataset MPD FeatureServer), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 30,770 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Washington, DC
- All neighborhoods
- Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by reported crime rate