Washington DC Police Districts, Sectors, and Service Areas

Seven police districts in Washington, DC, each divided into three sectors and between seven and nine Police Service Areas (PSAs). The dataset is provided by the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department and was last updated on March 11, 2026. It describes the geographic organization of patrol services and the Special Liaison Branch's community policing model.

Use Cases

• Map police district and PSA boundaries based on the described geographic hierarchy.
• Analyze the distribution of police resources based on the count of PSAs per district.
• Study community policing models based on the description of the Special Liaison Branch.
• Join with other civic datasets using PSA as a potential geographic key for resident location.

Strengths

• Defines a clear hierarchy of 7 districts, 21 sectors, and a variable number of PSAs.
• Provided by the authoritative source, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia - Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-11 08:02:59.311202

Geography

Washington, District of Columbia, USA