Hagerstown, MD carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 103% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hagerstown, MD shows violent crime at 713.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,463.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 103% 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
713.9/100K violent
2463.1/100K property
+103% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hagerstown, MD
Comparable rate records
Hagerstown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maryland cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hagerstown's 713.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hyattsville (687.6), Greenbelt (648.9), District Heights (780.0), Mount Rainier (782.1). 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
Hagerstown reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland cities
At 713.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hagerstown ranks 15 of 72 — above 57 of the 71 other Maryland cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +182.3% 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 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 555.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 713.9 in 2024 (+28.5%). The highest observed value was 751.1 in 2021 and the lowest 555.6 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.5% of the 1,384 Part I offenses reported in Hagerstown for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Maryland cities — a gap of 8.2 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 61.0% of reported property offenses in Hagerstown, against a cohort median of 78.0%. The remainder is burglary (218) and motor vehicle theft (201). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Hagerstown'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.
Hagerstown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.9 Census sq mi, Hagerstown logged 83 property and 24.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hagerstown leans on larceny-theft at 47% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,912.
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.9 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
+15%
2141.9 → 2463.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+2.8%
694.2 → 713.9/100K
Property offenses lead Hagerstown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,073
2463.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
654
1501.3
-
Burglary
218
500.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
201
461.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
311
713.9
352
Aggravated Assault
178
408.6
-
Robbery
97
222.7
-
Rape
32
73.5
-
Murder
4
9.2
-
Hagerstown Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hagerstown 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
Hagerstown Police Department
Reporting agency for Hagerstown NIBRS-participating
Hagerstown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hagerstown's 1,384 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, Hagerstown reported 311 violent crimes and 1,073 property crimes, for a total of 1,384 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hagerstown?
From 2023 to 2024, Hagerstown's violent crime rate increased by 2.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 15%.
What is the most common crime in Hagerstown?
The most common crime type in Hagerstown is larceny-theft, accounting for 47.3% of all reported crimes (654 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Hagerstown 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 Hagerstown, MD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.