Fort Washington · Photo: Dfowlerdc · CC BY-SA 3.0The police behind Fort Washington’s crime figures
Fort Washington has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Prince George's County. The Prince George's County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Fort Washington alone, and no Safety Grade. District Heights, 11 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C−). A 25-mile circle around it holds 20 towns with a grade.
What stands out about safety in Fort Washington
Policed by the county
Fort Washington is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Prince George's County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Prince George's County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Fort Washington. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are District Heights (C−, 11 mi), Capitol Heights (C−, 11 mi), Seat Pleasant (D, 13 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fort Washington. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Prince George's County Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Prince George's County without police of their own, which include Fort Washington.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Prince George's County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Prince George's County Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District Heights | C− | 11 mi | 5.2 | 18.2 |
| Capitol Heights | C− | 11 mi | 4.5 | 15.4 |
| Seat Pleasant | D | 13 mi | 7.2 | 28.1 |
| La Plata | C+ | 13 mi | 1.9 | 16.6 |
| Colmar Manor | D | 14 mi | 2.8 | 36.7 |
| Cheverly | C− | 14 mi | 2.8 | 26.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fort Washington. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fort Washington.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Nine people died in crashes on Fort Washington’s roads in 2019–2023
Fort Washington had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Maryland towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fort Washington’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fort Washington’s own rate (7.2) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Fort Washington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accokeek | — | — | — |
| Clinton | — | — | — |
| National Harbor | — | — | — |
| Friendly | — | — | — |
| Oxon Hill | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Accokeek, Clinton, National Harbor, Friendly and Oxon Hill are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Fort Washington
Is Fort Washington, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fort Washington. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are District Heights (C−, 11 mi), Capitol Heights (C−, 11 mi), Seat Pleasant (D, 13 mi).
Who polices Fort Washington?
The Prince George's County Police Department. Fort Washington is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Prince George's County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Fort Washington.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.