Ledroit Park is a neighborhood of 10,800 residents in Washington, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Ledroit Park in Washington safe?
Crime in Ledroit Park is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 96% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Ledroit Park. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Washington as a whole grades F. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from D- to F; see the map below.
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Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Ledroit Park as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ledroit Park 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 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 Ledroit Park, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ledroit 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 Ledroit Park
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most F-graded neighborhoods. Ledroit Park has 3.4 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an F-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 7.9.
Robberies and car thefts both run high. In Ledroit Park, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 6.0 robberies and 10.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.7 nationally.
How Ledroit Park compares within Washington
Every part of Ledroit Park grades D or F on the national scale. Grades across Ledroit Park run from D- to F; every part of Ledroit Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Ledroit Park has less crime than 12 of the 38 neighborhoods in Washington. It covers much of the Shaw, Ledroit Park, and Mt Vernon Square areas.
Crime rates and types in Ledroit Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ledroit Park has about 85 reported 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.
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.
Vandalism is the most common crime in Ledroit Park, about 25% of everything reported.
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 Ledroit Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
Ledroit Park has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Ledroit Park apart: it has 100% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 73 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many bars with dense blocks: places with both tend to report more assault and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.100% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% 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 Ledroit Park: F (1 of 100).73 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 93% 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. 58% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (68 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 83% 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 Ledroit Park
Crime costs Ledroit Park about $3,730 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple 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 $55 million a year, or $5,123 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 Ledroit 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.
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 Ledroit Park, Washington, DC average a SchoolGrade of D+: 15% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Ledroit Park on SchoolGrade
