Category Archives: Crime
Crime Up First Half of 2011
Photo by Alan_Cleaver2000. Now the the first half of 2011 is safely in the books, GM took a look back at the crime stats to see how we’re doing. Not so great is the answer. There were 459 crime incidents … Continue reading
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By The Way, You Could Open a Gun Shop in Georgetown
A while back, GM wrote about the possibility of gun shops opening up in Georgetown. At the time (i.e. early 2009) the Zoning Commission was trying to develop rules to comply with the fallout of the Heller decision, which forced … Continue reading
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Find Your Block Captain
Through its Public Safety program, CAG organizes the efforts of volunteers willing to serve as Block Captains. The individuals take it upon themselves to act as micro information bureaus for a block, or two (or three). In some cases they … Continue reading
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Poor MPD Response Cited in Recent Break In
GM got a tip yesterday from a Georgetown resident. He reported to GM that the apartment building he lives in near 30th and P was subject to repeated intrusions recently by a suspicious individual. Specifically, severally nights ago a man … Continue reading
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Looks Like Somebody Didn’t Get Their New Year’s Smooch
From MPD2d: On Friday, December 31, 2010, at 11:50 p.m. a Simple Assault/Domestic Violence offense occurred in the 3200 block of M St., N.W. (PSA 206) and was subsequently reported to the MPD. The victim reported that he and his … Continue reading
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Where Crime Happens in Georgetown
The District of Columbia Crime Policy Institute released an fascinating map yesterday that details crime levels for each census block in the city. Above is a detail of the map showing Georgetown. The darker areas correlate to the higher crime … Continue reading
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Halloween, Crime, and Georgetown
Photo by VKKV. At the ANC meeting Monday night, Ed Solomon reported that Georgetown is experiencing a crime spike. GM’s crunched the numbers recently and concluded for himself that, yes, crime did tick up in the third quarter. But … Continue reading
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Summer Crime in Georgetown Was Bad Even For Summer Crime
Last week, GM explored the third quarter crime numbers and concluded that crime was up this summer. Reader KPE helpfully pointed out that GM was comparing the crime numbers from the third quarter only to the second quarter. Doesn’t crime … Continue reading
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Crime Ticked Up This Summer
Yesterday GM took a look at the summer real estate numbers and concluded that not much changed from the spring. Today he turns to the crime numbers, and unfortunately the news is not the same. The crime numbers are up … Continue reading
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Crime Ticks Down for the Second Quarter
Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Crime in Georgetown continued to stay low for the second quarter of this year versus last year, although it was up significantly from the first quarter’s sharp decline. The total number of crime incidents for the … Continue reading
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