Easton, MD carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 14% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Easton, MD shows violent crime at 399.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,980.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 14% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
399.6/100K violent
1980.5/100K property
+14% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Easton, MD
Comparable rate records
Easton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maryland cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Easton's 399.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Berwyn Heights (401.1), Laurel (393.7), Frederick (406.0), Colmar Manor (388.9). 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 526.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 399.6 in 2024 (-24.1%). The highest observed value was 526.5 in 2020 and the lowest 174.0 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Easton sits mid-pack among comparable Maryland cities
At 399.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Easton ranks 28 of 72 — above 44 of the 71 other Maryland cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +58.0% 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.
Property counts dominate Easton'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.
Easton's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.5 Census sq mi, Easton logged 29.8 property and 6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Easton's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (70% of 411 offenses; mix index 5,208).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.5 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
+5.8%
377.8 → 399.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2%
2020.5 → 1980.5/100K
Property offenses lead Easton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
342
1980.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
289
1673.6
-
Burglary
29
167.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
24
139
-
Arson
2
11.6
-
Violent Crime
69
399.6
352
Aggravated Assault
54
312.7
-
Robbery
8
46.3
-
Rape
7
40.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Easton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Easton 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
Easton Police Department
Reporting agency for Easton NIBRS-participating
Easton Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Easton's 411 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
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In 2024, Easton reported 69 violent crimes and 342 property crimes, for a total of 411 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Easton?
From 2023 to 2024, Easton's violent crime rate increased by 5.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2%.
What is the most common crime in Easton?
The most common crime type in Easton is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.3% of all reported crimes (289 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Easton 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 Easton, MD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.