Violent crime
248 per 100,000 residents, per year
60 reported in the last 12 months
−33% vs. Washington (371)
Data through September 2026, Metropolitan Police Department
Crime in Takoma and Brightwood, Washington
The violent crime rate in Takoma and Brightwood is 248 per 100,000 residents per year, 33% below Washington as a whole (371). It ranks 25 of 38 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
2,947 per 100,000 residents, per year
712 reported in the last 12 months
+10% vs. Washington (2,685)
All reported
3,195 per 100,000 residents, per year
772 reported in the last 12 months
+5% vs. Washington (3,055)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 24,160 for Takoma and Brightwood. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Takoma and Brightwood sits in Washington, and where incidents concentrate
rank 25 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.
Takoma and Brightwood is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 25 of 38. Nearby in the ranking: Fairfax Village and Naylor Gardens (272), Lamont Riggs and Queens Chapel (256), Woodridge and Fort Lincoln (232), Kalorama Heights and Adams Morgan (201).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0113XX Peabody St NW | 5 | 7 | 8% |
“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 8% of Takoma and Brightwood’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 Takoma and Brightwood |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 10 |
| Dec 2025 | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 10 |
| Apr 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | 5 |
When crime happens in Takoma and Brightwood
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Takoma and Brightwood happened between 1 pm and 9 pm. Wednesday had the most.
Property crime busiest hour 4 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 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 am | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 8 am | 11 | 29 | 40 |
| 9 am | 7 | 32 | 39 |
| 10 am | 8 | 35 | 43 |
| 11 am | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| 12 pm | 14 | 25 | 39 |
| 1 pm | 11 | 32 | 43 |
| 2 pm | 14 | 33 | 47 |
| 3 pm | 15 | 34 | 49 |
| 4 pm | 19 | 46 | 65 |
| 5 pm | 6 | 35 | 41 |
| 6 pm | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| 7 pm | 13 | 33 | 46 |
| 8 pm | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 10 pm | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 11 pm | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 12 am | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 1 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 am | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 am | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 am | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 am | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Total with a known time | 179 | 530 | 709 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Washington |
|---|---|---|---|
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 46 | 190 | +4% |
| Assault and batteryViolent | 14 | 58 | −67% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 401 | 1,660 | +2% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 158 | 654 | +10% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 129 | 534 | +50% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 24 | 99 | −10% |
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
- 24,160 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Washington, DC
- All neighborhoods
- Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by reported crime rate