Greenbelt, MD carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 84% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Greenbelt, MD shows violent crime at 648.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,377.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 84% 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
648.9/100K violent
4377.3/100K property
+84% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Greenbelt, MD
Comparable rate records
Greenbelt's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maryland cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Greenbelt's 648.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hyattsville (687.6), Aberdeen (595.7), Hagerstown (713.9), Cambridge (545.2). 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
Greenbelt reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland cities
At 648.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Greenbelt ranks 17 of 72 — above 55 of the 71 other Maryland cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +156.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 608.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 648.9 in 2024 (+6.7%). The highest observed value was 741.4 in 2022 and the lowest 608.3 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Greenbelt'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.
Greenbelt's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.2 Census sq mi, Greenbelt logged 169.6 property and 25.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Greenbelt's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 1,216 offenses; mix index 4,505).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-21.9%
5607.4 → 4377.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-6.3%
692.6 → 648.9/100K
Property offenses lead Greenbelt's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs MD
Property Crime
1,059
4377.3
1711
2074.5
Larceny-Theft
767
3170.3
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
256
1058.2
-
-
Burglary
36
148.8
-
-
Arson
1
4.1
-
-
Violent Crime
157
648.9
352
425.1
Robbery
79
326.5
-
-
Aggravated Assault
68
281.1
-
-
Rape
10
41.3
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Greenbelt 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.
Greenbelt 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
Greenbelt Police Department
Reporting agency for Greenbelt NIBRS-participating
Greenbelt Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Greenbelt's 1,216 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 Greenbelt in population. Their populations run from 16,017 to 29,209, against 24,193 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Greenbelt reported 157 violent crimes and 1,059 property crimes, for a total of 1,216 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Greenbelt?
From 2023 to 2024, Greenbelt's violent crime rate decreased by 6.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 21.9%.
What is the most common crime in Greenbelt?
The most common crime type in Greenbelt is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.1% of all reported crimes (767 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Greenbelt 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 Greenbelt, MD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.