Aberdeen, MD carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 69% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Aberdeen, MD shows violent crime at 595.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,033.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 69% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
595.7/100K violent
2033.8/100K property
+69% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Aberdeen, MD
Comparable rate records
Aberdeen's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maryland cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Aberdeen's 595.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cambridge (545.2), Greenbelt (648.9), Pocomoke City (541.4), Takoma Park (539.7). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Aberdeen reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland cities
At 595.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Aberdeen ranks 18 of 72 — above 54 of the 71 other Maryland cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +135.5% against the cohort median of 252.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.7% of the 490 Part I offenses reported in Aberdeen for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Maryland cities — a gap of 8.4 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 662.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 595.7 in 2024 (-10.2%). The highest observed value was 850.4 in 2023 and the lowest 595.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Aberdeen's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Aberdeen's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7 Census sq mi, Aberdeen logged 54.4 property and 15.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Aberdeen's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 490 offenses; mix index 4,330).
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-30%
850.4 → 595.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-13.1%
2341.6 → 2033.8/100K
Property offenses lead Aberdeen's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
379
2033.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
310
1663.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
36
193.2
-
Burglary
33
177.1
-
Arson
1
5.4
-
Violent Crime
111
595.7
352
Aggravated Assault
68
364.9
-
Robbery
26
139.5
-
Rape
13
69.8
-
Murder
4
21.5
-
Aberdeen Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Aberdeen property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Aberdeen Police Department
Reporting agency for Aberdeen NIBRS-participating
Aberdeen Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Aberdeen's 490 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Maryland
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Maryland cities closest to Aberdeen in population. Their populations run from 13,312 to 20,671, against 18,635 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Aberdeen reported 111 violent crimes and 379 property crimes, for a total of 490 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Aberdeen?
From 2023 to 2024, Aberdeen's violent crime rate decreased by 30%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.1%.
What is the most common crime in Aberdeen?
The most common crime type in Aberdeen is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.3% of all reported crimes (310 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Aberdeen figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Aberdeen, MD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.