WASHINGTON — Halloween has not brought more crime to the District than an ordinary October day, according to an Inquisitor analysis of three years of Metropolitan Police Department data, but it does bring a shift in when and where it is reported.
Across 2023, 2024 and 2025, the number of crimes reported on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 averaged at or slightly below each year’s October daily average, according to MPD’s public crime incident data. Thefts made up the bulk of the incidents each year.
This year, Halloween falls on a Saturday, which typically brings larger crowds to nightlife corridors than a weeknight.
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