Why it matters: Detroit’s late-March drug-crime bump wasn’t just one corner going sideways. The week of March 23–29 logged 28 incidents in the row-level pull, and they were scattered across multiple neighborhoods and seven council districts — which is a lot harder to shrug off as one noisy block.

What the data shows: The incidents showed up in places as different as Schulze, Ravendale, Dexter-Linwood, Nolan, and around Lahser Road and West 8 Mile, with precincts 08, 09, 10, 11, and 12 all represented. Most records were listed as Violation Of Controled Substance Act — yes, the source data misspells "controlled," because apparently spellcheck was not part of the narcotics budget. Several cases were still active, while others were cleared by arrest, which suggests this was a broad enforcement-and-incident mix rather than one single sweep.

The bigger picture: The weekly chart shows 26 incidents for the week starting March 23, up from 18 the week before and above the recent run of 14 to 23. That is still below some of the higher weeks from 2025, so this is a flare-up, not proof of a new normal — yet.

The bottom line: If Detroit posts another week above 25 drug incidents in early April, this starts looking like a real citywide shift instead of one end-of-month spike.