Crime types vary by D.C. division�

"the 6th and 7th police districts -- which comprise poor and working-class neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River -- lead the city in the number of homicides, accounting for 40 of the 82 killings recorded through June.
�But those neighborhoods rank near the bottom for robberies, which occur most frequently in the 1st and 3rd districts -- which encompass affluent communities in Northwest and downtown."
By Matthew Cella and Gary Emerling
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 14, 2006