Tonight Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) is holding a public safety-crime forum in Shaw (7 p.m. at New Community Church, 614 S Street NW). Mendelson–chair of the Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary–resides in upper Northwest’s Cleveland Park, a very different neighborhood from downtown Shaw. So, I thought it would be interesting to look at crime numbers for these two neighborhoods to see how the compare.
For Cleveland Park, I ran crime stats for the intersection of Newark Street and Connecticut Avenue NW, which is by the Uptown Theatre. For Shaw, I ran the stats for 7th and P Streets NW, which is near the Kennedy Recreation Center and the O Street Market project.
Note: All numbers below are for Jan. 1 to Dec. 10 of this year and encompass an area within a 1,500-foot radius of the given address. The numbers are from the MPD’s crime database as of Dec. 10 (numbers were run on Dec. 13).
Total Crimes within 1,500-foot radius of given address, Jan. 1-Dec. 10, 2009
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 116
- 7th and P NW: 352
Total Violent Crimes within 1,500-foot radius of given address, Jan. 1-Dec. 10, 2009
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 10
- 7th and P NW: 77
Violent Crimes by Category within 1,500-foot radius of given address, Jan. 1-Dec. 10, 2009
- Homicides
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 0
- 7th and P NW: 0
- Sex Abuse
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 0
- 7th and P NW: 4
- Robbery Excluding Gun
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 10
- 7th and P NW: 28
- Robbery With Gun
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 0
- 7th and P NW: 22
- Assault Dangerous Weapon Excluding Gun
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 0
- 7th and P NW: 16
- Assault Dangerous Weapon With Gun
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 0
- 7th and P NW: 7
Total Property Crimes within 1,500-foot radius of given address, Jan. 1-Dec. 10, 2009
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 106
- 7th and P NW: 275
Property Crimes by Category within 1,500-foot radius of given address, Jan. 1-Dec. 10, 2009
- Burglary
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 19
- 7th and P NW: 36
- Theft
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 32
- 7th and P NW: 102
- Theft from Auto
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 42
- 7th and P NW: 112
- Stolen Auto
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 13
- 7th and P NW: 25
- Arson
- Newark and Connecticut NW: 0
- 7th and P NW: 0
