<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Neighbors:<div><br></div><div>Whereas the “Motor Vehicle Theft” data plots I provided are from MPDC and show a worrying, even alarming, increasing trend, the data may not be what you are looking for when thinking about carjackings. For one thing, it’s not clear whether carjackings are included in the <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">offense I reported on or in the</span> “robbery” offense reported by MPDC. There is no “carjacking” offense in the MPDC data I downloaded.</div><div><br></div><div>Since poking around a bit more I found an MPDC dashboard that reports on carjackings specifically: <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/212492">https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/212492</a>. The data there are not as comprehensive as the available downloadable data. For example, It provides data by MPDC district but not by ward. Unfortunately, I cannot find where this specific carjacking data is downloadable. Not surprisingly, the number of carjackings is much less than the number of motor vehicle thefts.</div><div><br></div><div>That said, I stand by the data I presented as reported by MPDC. But you need to understand what the offense is.</div><div><br></div><div>These are the offense categories that are available for download: THEFT/OTHER, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, ASSAULT W/DANGEROUS WEAPON, THEFT F/AUTO, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, HOMICIDE, SEX ABUSE, ARSON. “THEFT F/AUTO” refers to theft from an auto. There is also information as to whether any given offense involved a gun.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps you understand the data.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div></body></html>