Thursday, October 19, 2023
Crime Rate in Nation’s Capital Continues to Climb
Crime rates per capita in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region, including Northern Virginia and Maryland, have increased 9 percent in 2022 to a rate of 18.3 crimes per 1,000 residents, according to an annual crime report released Wednesday, with 83,000 more calls for service to primary agency participants in the study.
