Logan Circle is a neighborhood of 14,800 residents in Washington, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Logan Circle in Washington safe?
Crime in Logan Circle is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 97% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Logan Circle. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, C+ against F. Washington as a whole grades F. Every neighborhood in Logan Circle grades F.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
3% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Logan Circle as a whole, and 97% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Logan Circle 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 Logan Circle, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Logan Circle 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 Logan Circle
Robberies run high. Logan Circle has robberies at more than triple the US rate: 3.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Logan Circle compares within Washington
Every part of Logan Circle grades D or F on the national scale.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Logan Circle has less crime than 8 of the 38 neighborhoods in Washington. It covers much of the Foggy Bottom, Adams Morgan, and Georgetown areas and the Shaw, Ledroit Park, and Mt Vernon Square areas.
Crime rates and types in Logan Circle
CrimeGrade™ estimates Logan Circle 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Logan Circle, about 48% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Logan Circle compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Logan Circle, 7 have less crime. Foggy Bottom and Downtown have the least.
Two things set Logan Circle apart: it has 100% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 99 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, 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 97% 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 Logan Circle: C- (29 of 100).99 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 96% 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. 100% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (92 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 95% 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 Logan Circle
Crime costs Logan Circle about $1,297 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 8% more 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 $29 million a year, or $1,966 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 Logan Circle 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 Logan Circle, Washington, DC average a SchoolGrade of B-: 28% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Logan Circle on SchoolGrade
