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Safest cities in District of Columbia? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated District of Columbia city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 36.78 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score

Validated cities1Current candidate pages

Candidate population691,310Sum of listed city estimates

Selected offenses25,429FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

691,310 residents Washington 36.78 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

691,310 residents Washington 36.78 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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District of Columbia city candidates

City	Population	Selected offenses	Rate per 1,000	Trend
Washington	691,310	25,429	36.78	Increasing

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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