State crime profile · 2024

Maryland Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 72 cities and 22 of 24 counties in Maryland (MD), ranked safest to most dangerous from 153 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

425.1
Violent / 100K
2,074.5
Property / 100K
72
Cities
22
Counties

Maryland violent crime is 425.1 per 100,000, 21% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Maryland records 425.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 21% above the national average (about the 36th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 425.1 violent crimes per 100K
  • +21% vs. the U.S. average
  • 36th safest of 51 states & DC
  • 2,074.5 property crimes per 100K

How safe is Maryland? FBI UCR data snapshot

Maryland (MD) reported 26,625 violent crimes and 129,928 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 153 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 425.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2074.5 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 6,263,220. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 72 Maryland cities and 22 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Maryland below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 435.9 to 425.1 per 100,000, a decline of 2.5%. City-level detail pages within Maryland include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Maryland ranks nationally

Maryland vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

425 29th percentile among 51 U.S. states

MD 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 6,263,220 26,625 425.1 129,928 2074.5
2023 6,180,253 27,514 445.2 134,295 2173
2022 6,164,660 26,493 429.8 105,525 1711.8
2021 6,165,129 15,179 246.2 54,315 881
2020 6,055,802 24,789 409.3 98,480 1626.2
2019 6,045,680 27,520 455.2 118,768 1964.5
2018 6,042,718 28,354 469.2 123,751 2047.9
2017 6,052,177 30,139 498 134,359 2220
2016 6,016,447 28,997 482 140,489 2335.1
2015 6,006,401 26,529 441.7 135,259 2251.9
2014 5,976,407 26,053 435.9 149,812 2506.7

Cities in Maryland

Safest cities in Maryland

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Rockville is the safest sizeable city in Maryland, at 150.1 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Maryland

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Baltimore reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Maryland, at 1,606.2 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Baltimore is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 9 Maryland cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.

Maryland's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Maryland's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 135 1,735 Violent crime per 100K → 1,181 5,250 Property crime per 100K → Baltimore Frederick Gaithersburg Rockville SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Maryland's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Baltimore: 1606 violent, 4157 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Frederick: 406 violent, 1674 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Gaithersburg: 253 violent, 1312 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Rockville: 150 violent, 1523 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Bowie: 193 violent, 2280 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Hagerstown: 714 violent, 2463 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Annapolis: 809 violent, 2094 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Salisbury: 955 violent, 3006 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Laurel: 394 violent, 4862 property per 100,000 (grade D)
F

Maryland safety livability score: 22/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    425.1/100K · F (29th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    2074.5/100K · F (14th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Baltimore 566,632
1,606.2
F
Frederick 88,428
406
C
Gaithersburg 69,590
252.9
B
Rockville 67,285
150.1
B
Bowie 56,929
193.2
B
Hagerstown 43,563
713.9
F
Annapolis 40,446
808.5
F
Salisbury 33,205
954.7
F
Laurel 29,209
393.7
D
Greenbelt 24,193
648.9
F
Westminster 20,671
241.9
C
Hyattsville 20,506
687.6
F
Cumberland 18,661
460.9
F
Aberdeen 18,635
595.7
F
Takoma Park 17,418
539.7
F
Easton 17,268
399.6
C
Elkton 16,017
1,080.1
F
Havre de Grace 15,099
139.1
A
New Carrollton 13,312
293
C
Cambridge 13,205
545.2
F
Ocean Pines 12,233
32.7
A+
La Plata 11,114
215.9
B
Bel Air 10,422
239.9
C
Mount Airy 9,966
321.1
C
Bladensburg 9,382
969.9
F
Brunswick 8,488
129.6
A
Mount Rainier 8,055
782.1
F
Riverdale Park 7,109
984.7
F
Frostburg 6,946
14.4
A+
Ocean City 6,938
980.1
F
Thurmont 6,832
87.8
A
Hampstead 6,445
155.2
A
Glenarden 6,230
208.7
B
Fruitland 5,987
200.4
B
Cheverly 5,970
217.8
C
District Heights 5,769
780
F
Chestertown 5,616
231.5
B
Manchester 5,567
179.6
A
Berlin 5,443
73.5
A
Denton 5,025
358.2
D
Centreville 4,753
210.4
B
Perryville 4,509
354.8
C
Sykesville 4,444
67.5
A
Pocomoke City 4,433
541.4
F
Seat Pleasant 4,425
994.4
F
North East 4,189
477.4
D
Capitol Heights 3,926
458.5
C
Boonsboro 3,831
0
A+
Brentwood 3,696
351.7
C
Princess Anne 3,568
1,597.5
F
Berwyn Heights 3,241
401.1
C
Smithsburg 3,205
62.4
A+
Federalsburg 2,797
178.8
A
Rising Sun 2,780
107.9
A
Forest Heights 2,573
466.4
C
Crisfield 2,494
0
A+
University Park 2,359
42.4
A
Snow Hill 2,315
216
B
Hurlock 2,090
191.4
B
Chevy Chase Village 2,020
0
A
Greensboro 1,928
207.5
B
Oakland 1,810
0
A+
Landover Hills 1,751
799.5
F
Pittsville 1,638
61.1
A+
Edmonston 1,561
384.4
D
Hancock 1,558
64.2
A
Colmar Manor 1,543
388.9
D
Fairmount Heights 1,479
1,284.7
F
Morningside 1,203
1,080.6
F
Rock Hall 1,188
0
A+
St. Michaels 1,066
0
A
Oxford 597
0
A+

Counties in Maryland

22 of 24 Census county-equivalents (91.7%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Maryland, violent crime per 100K

The 5 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Not charted (Incomplete report): Montgomery, Baltimore County, Howard. Their 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.

Allegany
Anne Arundel
Baltimore County
Calvert
Caroline
Carroll
Cecil
Charles
Dorchester
Frederick
Garrett
Harford
Howard
Kent
Montgomery
Prince George's
Queen Anne's
St. Mary's
Talbot
Washington
Wicomico
Worcester

Nationwide peers for Maryland

Similar violent rate (~425.1/100K)

Similar property rate (~2,074.5/100K)

Nearby States

Louisiana
LA
Maine
ME
Massachusetts
MA
Michigan
MI
Minnesota
MN

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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