Deanwood, Washington, DC Property Crime Rates and Maps
Deanwood is a neighborhood of 34,200 residents in Washington, about 5 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Deanwood?
Property crime is high in Deanwood: an F, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Theft makes up 31% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades F. Washington as a whole grades F for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Deanwood as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Deanwood scores 0.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Deanwood, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Deanwood in Washington, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Deanwood
Acts of vandalism run high for a neighborhood with an F for property crime. Deanwood has 30.7 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded F for property crime, the figure is 9.9.
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Deanwood has 11.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
How Deanwood compares within Washington
Every part of Deanwood grades D or F for property crime on the national scale.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Deanwood has less property crime than 13 of the 38 neighborhoods in Washington. It covers much of the Deanwood, Brentwood, and Stadium-Armory areas and the Anacostia area.
Property crime rates and types in Deanwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Deanwood has about 65 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Washington as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Vandalism is the most common property crime in Deanwood, about 47% of the total, followed by theft and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Deanwood and nearby neighborhoods
Deanwood has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Deanwood. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Deanwood has more property crime than 84% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Deanwood apart: it has 2.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 61 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.2.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Deanwood: F (1 of 100).61 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C+ (41 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Deanwood
Property crime costs Deanwood about $18 million a year, or $525 per resident and about $1,380 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
