City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Baltimore 566,632 1,606.2 4,157 F
Frederick 88,428 406 1,673.7 C
Gaithersburg 69,590 252.9 1,312 B
Rockville 67,285 150.1 1,523.4 B
Bowie 56,929 193.2 2,280 B
Hagerstown 43,563 713.9 2,463.1 F
Annapolis 40,446 808.5 2,094.2 F
Salisbury 33,205 954.7 3,005.6 F
Laurel 29,209 393.7 4,861.5 D
Greenbelt 24,193 648.9 4,377.3 F
Westminster 20,671 241.9 2,041.5 C
Hyattsville 20,506 687.6 3,340.5 F
Cumberland 18,661 460.9 3,928 F
Aberdeen 18,635 595.7 2,033.8 F
Takoma Park 17,418 539.7 7,073.1 F
Easton 17,268 399.6 1,980.5 C
Elkton 16,017 1,080.1 5,231.9 F
Havre de Grace 15,099 139.1 1,265 A
New Carrollton 13,312 293 1,645.1 C
Cambridge 13,205 545.2 3,188.2 F
Ocean Pines 12,233 32.7 327 A+
La Plata 11,114 215.9 1,754.5 B
Bel Air 10,422 239.9 2,005.4 C
Mount Airy 9,966 321.1 1,023.5 C
Bladensburg 9,382 969.9 3,517.4 F
Brunswick 8,488 129.6 494.8 A
Mount Rainier 8,055 782.1 2,631.9 F
Riverdale Park 7,109 984.7 2,911.8 F
Frostburg 6,946 14.4 100.8 A+
Ocean City 6,938 980.1 8,806.6 F
Thurmont 6,832 87.8 570.8 A
Hampstead 6,445 155.2 822.3 A
Glenarden 6,230 208.7 882.8 B
Fruitland 5,987 200.4 2,188.1 B
Cheverly 5,970 217.8 2,864.3 C
District Heights 5,769 780 1,681.4 F
Chestertown 5,616 231.5 1,851.9 B
Manchester 5,567 179.6 107.8 A
Berlin 5,443 73.5 900.2 A
Denton 5,025 358.2 3,024.9 D
Centreville 4,753 210.4 841.6 B
Perryville 4,509 354.8 2,217.8 C
Sykesville 4,444 67.5 540.1 A
Pocomoke City 4,433 541.4 2,864.9 F
Seat Pleasant 4,425 994.4 3,570.6 F
North East 4,189 477.4 1,909.8 D
Capitol Heights 3,926 458.5 1,044.3 C
Boonsboro 3,831 0 287.1 A+
Brentwood 3,696 351.7 919.9 C
Princess Anne 3,568 1,597.5 5,241 F
Berwyn Heights 3,241 401.1 1,450.2 C
Smithsburg 3,205 62.4 468 A+
Federalsburg 2,797 178.8 858.1 A
Rising Sun 2,780 107.9 647.5 A
Forest Heights 2,573 466.4 1,282.5 C
Crisfield 2,494 0 80.2 A+
University Park 2,359 42.4 1,059.8 A
Snow Hill 2,315 216 907.1 B
Hurlock 2,090 191.4 1,387.6 B
Chevy Chase Village 2,020 0 2,722.8 A
Greensboro 1,928 207.5 778 B
Oakland 1,810 0 386.7 A+
Landover Hills 1,751 799.5 7,481.4 F
Pittsville 1,638 61.1 183.2 A+
Edmonston 1,561 384.4 2,626.5 D
Hancock 1,558 64.2 770.2 A
Colmar Manor 1,543 388.9 3,953.3 D
Fairmount Heights 1,479 1,284.7 3,854 F
Morningside 1,203 1,080.6 2,078.1 F
Rock Hall 1,188 0 505.1 A+
St. Michaels 1,066 0 1,407.1 A
Oxford 597 0 1,005 A+
Showing cities 1–72 of 72 in Maryland, by population. See the Maryland safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Maryland crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Maryland city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.