Violent crime
201 per 100,000 residents, per year
41 reported in the last 12 months
−46% vs. Washington (371)
Data through September 2026, Metropolitan Police Department
Crime in Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan, Washington
The violent crime rate in Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan is 201 per 100,000 residents per year, 46% below Washington as a whole (371). It ranks 27 of 38 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
2,434 per 100,000 residents, per year
496 reported in the last 12 months
−9% vs. Washington (2,685)
All reported
2,635 per 100,000 residents, per year
537 reported in the last 12 months
−14% vs. Washington (3,055)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 20,379 for Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan sits in Washington, and where incidents concentrate
rank 27 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.
Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 27 of 38. Nearby in the ranking: Takoma and Brightwood (248), Woodridge and Fort Lincoln (232), Capitol Hill and Lincoln Park (160), Colonial Village and Shepherd Park (133).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0124XX 18th St NW | 6 | 24 | 15% |
“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 1 account for 15% of Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan’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 Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 4 |
When crime happens in Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan happened between 11 am and 7 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 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 am | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 am | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 9 am | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 10 am | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 11 am | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| 12 pm | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 1 pm | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 pm | 10 | 28 | 38 |
| 4 pm | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| 5 pm | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 6 pm | 8 | 29 | 37 |
| 7 pm | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 8 pm | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 9 pm | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 10 pm | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 11 pm | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 12 am | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 1 am | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 3 am | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Total with a known time | 145 | 351 | 496 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 27 | 132 | −27% |
| Assault and batteryViolent | 14 | 69 | −61% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 372 | 1,825 | +12% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 79 | 388 | −35% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 31 | 152 | −57% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 14 | 69 | −38% |
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
- 20,379 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Washington, DC
- All neighborhoods
- Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by reported crime rate