County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Allegany County, MD
At 68,106 residents, Allegany County is a large county in Maryland. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
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Data updated 2026-07-13
79
Property offenses
17
Violent offenses
96
Total · 2024
Allegany County, MD reported 25 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Allegany County, MD agencies reported 17 violent and 79 property offenses. That equals about 25 violent and 116 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
17 violent offenses
25/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Allegany County, MD
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Allegany County reported 17 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 68,106. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Position in the state cohort
Allegany County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland counties
At 25.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Allegany County ranks 17 of 19 — above 2 of the 18 other Maryland counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -72.7% against the cohort median of 91.6. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 44.3% of reported property offenses in Allegany County, against a cohort median of 73.9%. The remainder is burglary (34) and motor vehicle theft (10). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2021–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 25.0 per 100,000 in 2021 to 25.0 in 2024 (+0.0%). The highest observed value was 32.3 in 2022 and the lowest 25.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Property Crime
79
Violent Crime
17
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
79
Burglary
34
Larceny-Theft
35
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
Arson
0
Violent Crime
17
Murder
0
Rape
4
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
11
Reporting Agency
Allegany County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Allegany County's crime figures on this page originate from Allegany County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the crime rate in Allegany County, MD?▼
In 2024, Allegany County reported 17 violent crimes and 79 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Allegany County safe?▼
Allegany County reported 96 total crimes in 2024.Property crime accounts for the majority of offenses. Compare with other counties in Maryland on our state page for context.
Similar-Size Counties in Maryland
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Maryland counties closest to Allegany County in population. Their populations run from 33,293 to 92,783, against 68,106 here. Or launch the
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.