Crime Rate in Nation’s Capital Continues to Climb

The Center Square (Morgan Sweeney), The Star News Network

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, with 83,000 more calls for service to primary agency participants in the study. Washington, D.C., saw a 4 percent decrease in part I/part A offenses, though its crime rate remains one of the higher rates in the region, at 40.6 per 1,000. Law enforcement feels they're not supported.