County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Harford County, MD
At 260,924 residents, Harford County is a very large county in Maryland. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Harford County, MD reported 140 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Harford County, MD agencies reported 365 violent and 1,550 property offenses. That equals about 140 violent and 594 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
365 violent offenses
140/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Harford County, MD
Position in the state cohort
Harford County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland counties
At 139.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Harford County ranks 5 of 19 — above 14 of the 18 other Maryland counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +69.2% against the cohort median of 82.7. 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
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 81.5% of reported property offenses in Harford County, against a cohort median of 72.3%. The remainder is burglary (115) and motor vehicle theft (172). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
On a very 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.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
1,550
Burglary
115
Larceny-Theft
1,263
Motor Vehicle Theft
172
Arson
7
Violent Crime
365
Murder
4
Rape
29
Robbery
30
Aggravated Assault
302
Reporting Agency
Harford County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Harford County's crime figures on this page originate from Harford 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.
Similar-Size Counties in Maryland
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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.