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Robocalls in Washington, DC

Washington, DC consumers have filed 4,725 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,310 different phone numbers between 2014-09-11 and 2026-10-23 — 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 39 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 8% on the 12 months before that.

4,725
FCC complaints
1,980
FTC DNC reports
552
FTC reports, last 30 days
#39
National rank (FCC)

What Washington, DC residents are reporting

1,980 FTC Do Not Call complaints from Washington, DC since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 38%. 85% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Debt reduction75738%
  • Other / unspecified60831%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)40020%
  • No subject given643%
  • Dropped call / no message312%
  • Medical & prescriptions312%
  • Warranties & protection plans231%

When the calls come (as reported)

28% between 10am and 1pm; 94% on weekdays, most on Tuesdays.

Week by week

626 complaints from Washington, DC in the last four weeks, up 2% on the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in Washington, DC

14% of the calls Washington, DC residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 14% showed a Washington, DC area code of any kind. 37% came from toll-free numbers. Most calls here don't pretend to be local, so a familiar area code is less of a warning sign than in states where spoofing dominates. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code27214%
  • Another Washington, DC area code60%
  • Toll-free number72337%
  • Out-of-state area code97949%

Area codes on the calls

  • 202 (Washington, DC)22812%
  • 8331357%
  • 8771337%
  • 8881246%
  • 8551156%
  • 8441116%

Washington, DC area codes

Each county is coloured by the area code that holds most of its phone prefixes. Overlay codes share one territory and one colour. Complaint counts are from Washington, DC residents since Jul 24.

Map of Washington, DC counties coloured by area code: 202/771
Built from NANPA prefix assignments and US Census Bureau county boundaries. Area codes follow exchange boundaries, so county colours are approximate at the edges.
Area codeResidents' complaintsCalls showing it
202 · 7711,669278

Likely campaigns reaching Washington, DC

19% of Washington, DC's FTC complaints in the campaign window match one of these statistical groupings: many numbers, the same complaint, the same pattern. They don't identify who is calling.

Washington, DC complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Washington, DC consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.

Area codes most reported in Washington, DC

The displayed area code of numbers reported by Washington, DC consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached Washington, DC

Prerecorded Voice
2,296
Live Voice
1,283
Abandoned Calls
839
Text Message
282
Autodialed Live Voice Call
21
Wireless (cell phone)
3,383
Wired
984
Internet (VOIP)
355

Numbers Washington, DC residents reported this month

The numbers Washington, DC consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 552 reports in all, 60 of them this week; 85% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What Washington, DC residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    233
  • Debt reduction
    133
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    129
  • No subject given
    22
  • Dropped call / no message
    13
  • Medical & prescriptions
    7
  • Home improvement & cleaning
    4
  • Warranties & protection plans
    3

Numbers most reported to the FCC by Washington, DC consumers

Ranked by how many Washington, DC FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Washington, DC reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in Washington, DC

Washington, DC does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.

Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. In Washington, DC, the D.C. Office of the Attorney General also takes consumer complaints about scam calls.

Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.

Washington, DC robocall FAQs

What are Washington, DC robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, Washington, DC residents filed 1,980 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 38% of complaints, and 85% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in Washington, DC using local numbers?

Often. 14% of the calls Washington, DC residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 14% showed a Washington, DC area code of any kind; 37% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit Washington, DC?

28% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 10am and 1pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do Washington, DC residents file?

Washington, DC consumers have filed 4,725 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,310 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-09-11 to 2026-10-23. That is 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Washington, DC 39 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does Washington, DC have its own Do Not Call list?

Washington, DC does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.

Where do the calls reported in Washington, DC come from?

The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in Washington, DC may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Washington, DC number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.

What kind of calls are reported most in Washington, DC?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Washington, DC, accounting for 2,296 of the 4,725 complaints (49%). Live Voice is second with 1,283.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.