ZIP 20004, District of Columbia, District of Columbia Crime Risk Score
ZIP 20004, District of Columbia, District of Columbia has an 8.1 / 10 crime risk score from PerilScore v4 data.
Computed from decades of public weather data using physics-based probability modeling.
- Risk Score (0-10)
- 8.1
- Historical Events
- No data
- Avg Return Period
- No data
- Data Confidence
- 80%
in the record
years between events
ZIP 20004, District of Columbia, District of Columbia has an 8.1 / 10 crime risk score, which falls in the very high band and is in the 100th percentile among scored local areas in this model. The score was snapshotted on 2026-06-17 with 80% model confidence.
What drives this score here?
violent crime rate is the largest V4 contributor from registered local hazard drivers. For this location, the score card also highlights these model signals:
- Violent rate: 1049
- Property rate: 4367
- Offense rate: 5416
- Credibility: 1.00
The strongest component metrics in the snapshot are:
- Violent Crime Rate: model component 0.320. The raw value is 1049.0.
- Property Crime Rate: model component 0.200. The raw value is 4367.1.
- Total Offense Rate: model component 0.148. The raw value is 5416.1.
For crime exposure, the useful signals are violent rate, property rate, total offense rate, severity, frequency, and reporting credibility. This snapshot shows violent crime at 1049 per 100k and property crime at 4367 per 100k.
How to read the location signal
This page uses the representative local model area around the ZIP code area centroid for ZIP 20004, District of Columbia, District of Columbia. That local model area is roughly 5 square kilometers, so the score is a practical place-level signal for browsing and comparison. The building-level view comes from entering a street address.
The confidence level supports a useful local read, with some care around the underlying source coverage.
The source record for this page is: PerilScore local FBI CDE participation-adjusted crime local model feature table
Why building details matter
A street-address score can account for the unique characteristics of a specific building, including age, construction type, roof shape and condition, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure. Those details can change resilience or susceptibility around the same location-level score.
Use this ZIP page when you want a more local read than the county page. Since the percentile is elevated, it is worth comparing nearby pages before relying on the area score alone.
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The local score is the starting point
A specific building can perform differently from the surrounding area. The PerilScore street-address check adds building age, construction type, roof details, occupancy, elevation, defensible space, drainage, terrain, and nearby exposure to the crime layer shown here.
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