Robocalls in Washington, DC

Washington, DC consumers have filed 4,696 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,281 different phone numbers between 2014-09-11 and 2026-09-05 — 0.5% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 39 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 19% on the 12 months before that.

4,696

FCC complaints

934

FTC DNC reports

632

FTC reports, last 30 days

#39

National rank (FCC)

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: 2,285
Live Voice: 1,278
Abandoned Calls: 839
Text Message: 269
Autodialed Live Voice Call: 21

Wireless (cell phone): 3,355
Wired: 983
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 — 632 reports in all, 45 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

Debt reduction
282
Other / unspecified
148
Impostor (government, business, family)
143
Medical & prescriptions
11
No subject given
10
Dropped call / no message
10
Computer & tech support
5
Home improvement & cleaning
5

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.

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

How many robocall complaints do Washington, DC residents file?

Washington, DC consumers have filed 4,696 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 4,281 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-09-11 to 2026-09-05. 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?

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 2,285 of the 4,696 complaints (49%). Live Voice is second with 1,278.

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.