Cumberland, MD carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 31% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cumberland, MD shows violent crime at 460.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,928 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 31% 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
460.9/100K violent
3928/100K property
+31% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cumberland, MD
Comparable rate records
Cumberland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maryland cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Cumberland's 460.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Capitol Heights (458.5), Forest Heights (466.4), North East (477.4), Frederick (406.0). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 789.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 460.9 in 2024 (-41.6%). The highest observed value was 789.7 in 2020 and the lowest 460.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Cumberland sits mid-pack among comparable Maryland cities
At 460.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cumberland ranks 24 of 72 — above 48 of the 71 other Maryland cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +82.2% 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.5% of the 819 Part I offenses reported in Cumberland for 2024, against a median of 14.6% across comparable Maryland cities — a gap of 4.1 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.
Property counts dominate Cumberland'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.
Cumberland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.1 Census sq mi, Cumberland logged 72.4 property and 8.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Cumberland's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 819 offenses; mix index 5,097).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.1 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
-26.2%
624.7 → 460.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-9.5%
4341.1 → 3928/100K
Property offenses lead Cumberland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs MD
Property Crime
733
3928
1711
2074.5
Larceny-Theft
564
3022.3
-
-
Burglary
139
744.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
30
160.8
-
-
Arson
7
37.5
-
-
Violent Crime
86
460.9
352
425.1
Aggravated Assault
55
294.7
-
-
Robbery
21
112.5
-
-
Rape
8
42.9
-
-
Murder
2
10.7
-
-
Cumberland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Cumberland property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Cumberland Police Department
Reporting agency for Cumberland NIBRS-participating
Cumberland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Cumberland's 819 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Cumberland in population. Their populations run from 13,312 to 20,671, against 18,661 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Cumberland reported 86 violent crimes and 733 property crimes, for a total of 819 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Cumberland?
From 2023 to 2024, Cumberland's violent crime rate decreased by 26.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.5%.
What is the most common crime in Cumberland?
The most common crime type in Cumberland is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.9% of all reported crimes (564 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Cumberland 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 Cumberland, MD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.