Crime Grade · District of Columbia
Safest Cities in District of Columbia
1 reporting District of Columbia cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
State median violent crime rate: 745.5 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.
| Rank | City | Population | Violent / 100k | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 693,645 | 745.5 | C7/10 |
About this ranking
Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.