Woodley Park, Washington, DC Property Crime Rates and Maps
Woodley Park is a neighborhood of 8,240 residents in Washington, about 3 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Woodley Park?
Property crime is high in Woodley Park: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Theft makes up 55% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades B-. Washington as a whole grades F for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 554 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Woodley Park as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Woodley Park scores 554.
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 Woodley Park, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Woodley Park 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 Woodley Park
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Property crime in Woodley Park runs 30% above the US rate, but car thefts run 39% below it: 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Burglary is a strength. Woodley Park grades B- for property crime, but burglary grades A.
Property crime rates and types in Woodley Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Woodley Park has about 31 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and 47% less than 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.
Theft is the most common property crime in Woodley Park, about 55% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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 Woodley Park and nearby neighborhoods
Woodley Park has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Woodley Park. 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, Woodley Park is safer than 72% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Woodley Park apart: it has 78 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and a Walk Grade of B (59 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Woodley Park: F (6 of 100).78 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% 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.B (59 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.82% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 68% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% 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 Woodley Park
Property crime costs Woodley Park about $1.7 million a year, or $203 per resident and about $401 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.
