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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I currently live EOTP and am considering a move west.  I know crime is increasing there too, particularly by metro stops, but I wanted to get a sense of whether people who live there FEEL safe.  For example, do you feel safe in your house but not by the metro or on main streets where restaurants etc are located?  Or do you feel completely safe still?[/quote]

I’m pretty sure we’re neighbors OP, and I don’t get why you’d move WOTP. I get why you’d move, we’re thinking about it too. But either things will get better in DC, in which case our neighborhood will go back to its “normal” (still elevated IMHO) level of crime, or they won’t, in which case WOTP is going to slide into the muck with the rest of us. If it’s time to move, it’s time to leave DC.

Unless you’re a renter, in which case, have at it. [/quote]

As someone who lived EOTP for 20 years and WOTP for over a decade, agree with your point except that crime in apartment buildings on Connecticut and Wisconsin in particular, but also Glover Park, Palisades buildings, etc is up significantly, and condo bldgs are not immune. The WP did a series on Sedgewick Gardens, Forest Hills Connect has done articles as well.

Random assaults and carjackings are also up throughout the city, driven quite literally by all of the stolen cars, cars with paper, fake or missing tags, etc. So WOTP is not nearly as safe as it was 10+ years ago. Flash mob style robberies of CVS and other retailers and carjackings in parking lots are not something WOTP is immune to.

Make decisions based on current crime cards, OP, even if they are undercounted, it is data. Don't go on past reputations re: buildings or neighborhoods. And if safety is a priority, and you are spending the $ to move, may want to consider following the advice of the PP. I know quite a few families that have moved during or since cv, all say they wish they had done it sooner. We're still here, for now, but it's something we talk about. When we moved WOTP we had planned to stay for good. [/quote]

Please show your work on these ridiculous claims. I want to see official numbers that crime is up "significantly" WOTP.

I think you'd be better off at Nextdoor.[/quote]

Just wait a few minutes, someone will tell you you can't trust the crime stats because the cops fudge the numbers/people don't report/something something.

However, I will say — as someone who feels safe in Ward 3 and has no intention of moving out or whatever over a rise in crime after historically low levels — total crime in Ward 3 is up by 40 percent year-to-date in 2023, which does seem like it's well within the definition of "significantly."

https://crimecards.dc.gov/all:crimes/all:weapons/1:year%20to%20date/in:Ward:3

Violent crime isn't up as much, fortunately, but it's still up 10 percent. That makes violent crime in Ward 3 up a lot less than citywide; violent crime is up 36 percent year-to-date citywide this year. Total crime citywide is 29 percent (so basically, property crime is up disproportionately in Ward 3, and violent crime is up, but less than in other parts of the city).

We can disagree about how to respond to crime and what's causing it, but at this point, it's hard to argue that crime is not up, either here or on Nextdoor.[/quote]

Good lord, just move to Reston like you're dying to do. You won't be missed.[/quote]

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