Cleveland Park is a neighborhood of 11,400 residents in Washington, about 3 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Cleveland Park in Washington safe?
Crime in Cleveland Park is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Cleveland Park. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C-. Washington as a whole grades F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Cleveland Park run from A- to D, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 624 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cleveland Park as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cleveland Park scores 624.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Cleveland Park, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cleveland 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 in Cleveland Park
Burglary is a strength. Cleveland Park grades C- for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live.
Thefts run high. Cleveland Park has thefts at about triple the US rate: 41.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How Cleveland Park compares within Washington
Low crime is the norm across Cleveland Park: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 9% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Cleveland Park run from A- to D; every part of Cleveland Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 82%C 9%D or F 9%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cleveland Park has less crime than 29 of the 38 neighborhoods in Washington. It covers much of the Chevy Chase, Au-Tenleytown, and Brightwood areas.
Crime rates and types in Cleveland Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cleveland Park has about 70 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 88% more than the US as a whole and 23% less than Washington as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Cleveland Park is theft, about 59% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Cleveland Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
Cleveland Park has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Tree cover, transit and walkability in Cleveland Park
Two things set Cleveland Park apart: it has tree cover over 32% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 61 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with a lot of tree cover tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.32% where people liveUS: 21%Higher 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 and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Cleveland Park: 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 and assault. 56% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (67 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% 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.3.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 79% 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 crime costs Cleveland Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Cleveland Park about $883 a year per household, 27% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $12 million a year, or $1,077 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Cleveland Park means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Cleveland Park is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
Schools in Cleveland Park, Washington, DC average a SchoolGrade of A+: 49% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Cleveland Park on SchoolGrade
