Public Safety Update

3rd District | December 18, 2026 Through March 18, 2026

3D CAC – 3rd District MPD Crime Review-Your District. Your Data! Crime is down 28.3% in the 3rd District.

Here is the full picture of your data, your corridors, and what 3D CAC is bringing to the table on March 26th.

3D CAC – Third District Citizens Advisory Council Metropolitan Police Department | Washington, DC

3D CAC District-Wide Public Safety Leaders Meeting | March 26, 2026

Dear Third District Neighbors and Partners,

THE NUMBERS ARE IN. HERE IS THE FULL PICTURE.

The Third District recorded 748 incidents between December 18, 2025 and March 18, 2026, compared to 1,043 during the same period last year. That is a 28.3 percent reduction in overall crime. It is real progress, and it deserves to be named.

It is also only part of the story.

Robbery is down 63.7 percent. Motor vehicle theft is down 59.2 percent. These are significant, measurable gains for the people who live and work in this district.

At the same time, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon moved from 24 incidents to 25 – the numbers are essentially flat. The violence that remains is more weapon-involved and more serious than it was a year ago. Sixty percent of all weapon assaults in the Third District are concentrated in just two PSAs: PSA 302 and PSA 304. One two-block stretch on 14th Street accounts for more than 10 percent of all district crime.

Both realities are true at the same time. Both require our full attention. That is the conversation 3D CAC is bringing to the table on March 26th.

WHAT 3D CAC IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE

At this month’s 3D CAC Public Safety Leaders Meeting, I am presenting the following formal briefing requests to Third District Leadership:

1.     A corridor-specific crime briefing covering 14th Street, U Street, Columbia Road, and 8th Street – including incident patterns, offense type distribution, and current and planned corridor strategies.

2.     A full breakdown of the Theft/Other category – what types of theft are producing 448 incidents, including retail theft, street theft, package theft, and other recurring forms.

3.     A full ADW pattern analysis for all 25 incidents – weapon type, time of day, and location – with pattern observations from the command team.

4.     A formal violence response plan from PSA 302 and PSA 304, which together carry 60 percent of all weapon assault incidents in the district.

5.     A corridor stabilization strategy for PSA 302 and PSA 305, where 42 percent of all Third District incidents are concentrated.

6.     Identification of the top repeat-victimization blocks and repeat-offender conditions observed in the last 60 days.

7.     Documentation of the strategies driving the reductions in robbery and motor vehicle theft, so those approaches are preserved and sustained through any changes in personnel or leadership.

8.     A committed follow-up review date at the next 3D CAC Public Safety Leaders Meeting in April 2026.

BOTTOM LINE

The Third District has made measurable progress and real work remains.

Total crime is down 28.3 percent. Robbery is down 63.7 percent. Motor vehicle theft is down 59.2 percent. These are real gains for real residents, and they deserve to be named in public, in front of this community.

The 3rd District is also still challenged by concentrated corridor-based crime, a theft burden that defines daily community experience, and weapon violence concentrated in two PSAs. The right conversation is not simply about lower totals. It is about whether the strategy matches the places, patterns, and harms that still define life in the Third District.

3D CAC will keep holding that standard.

YOUR VOICE BELONGS AT THIS MEETING.

This District-Wide Meeting is built from your streets, your blocks, and your corridors. 3D CAC Members, PSA Block Captains, and All Third District residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Bring your block data. Bring your questions. Bring your neighbors. This is your district and this is your meeting.

JOIN – MARCH 26, 2026 3D CAC DISTRICT-WIDE PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERS MEETING

Date and Time: Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Location: 1620 V Street, NW, Washington, DC

Hybrid: Zoom registration available at www.3DCAC.org

Our meetings are held on the last Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.

Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErc-uuqz4qG9XEdJIJsge6LCNiYFPbUn11

See You Soon!

In Service Always,

Karen Gaal, MBA/MPA

Chairwoman

Public Safety Director

Neighborhood Watch Commissioner

Third District Metropolitan Police Department

Citizens Advisory Council

of Washington, DC

1620 V Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20009

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