Hyattsville, MD carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 95% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hyattsville, MD shows violent crime at 687.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,340.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 95% 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
687.6/100K violent
3340.5/100K property
+95% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hyattsville, MD
Comparable rate records
Hyattsville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Maryland cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hyattsville's 687.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hagerstown (713.9), Greenbelt (648.9), Aberdeen (595.7), District Heights (780.0). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Hyattsville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland cities
At 687.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hyattsville ranks 16 of 72 — above 56 of the 71 other Maryland cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +171.9% 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 535.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 687.6 in 2024 (+28.4%). The highest observed value was 997.6 in 2023 and the lowest 535.4 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 67.2% of reported property offenses in Hyattsville, against a cohort median of 78.0%. The remainder is burglary (63) and motor vehicle theft (162). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Hyattsville'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.
Hyattsville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.7 Census sq mi, Hyattsville logged 253.2 property and 52.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hyattsville leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,670.
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.7 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
-31.1%
997.6 → 687.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-26.2%
4528.3 → 3340.5/100K
Property offenses lead Hyattsville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
685
3340.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
460
2243.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
162
790
-
Burglary
63
307.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
141
687.6
352
Robbery
78
380.4
-
Aggravated Assault
48
234.1
-
Rape
14
68.3
-
Murder
1
4.9
-
Hyattsville 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.
Hyattsville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Hyattsville Police Department
Reporting agency for Hyattsville NIBRS-participating
Hyattsville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hyattsville's 826 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
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In 2024, Hyattsville reported 141 violent crimes and 685 property crimes, for a total of 826 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hyattsville?
From 2023 to 2024, Hyattsville's violent crime rate decreased by 31.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 26.2%.
What is the most common crime in Hyattsville?
The most common crime type in Hyattsville is larceny-theft, accounting for 55.7% of all reported crimes (460 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Hyattsville 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 Hyattsville, MD rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.