ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 20783

Prince George's County, Maryland: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,724
Property rate /100K (county)
50,387
Population (ZIP)
297
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 20783 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 20783 sits within Prince George's County, MD. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Prince George's County reported a violent-crime rate of 297 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 1,724 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 20783 is the largest ZIP in Prince George's County by population, 50,387 residents (#4 of 36 county ZIPs), across 5.84 square miles (8,628/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Prince George's County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Prince George's County crime page linked below.

ZIP 20783 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Prince George's County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 20783 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$79,040
Median age
32.0 years
Owner-occupied homes
42%
Occupied homes
13,763

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 20783?

Participating agencies give Prince George's County a split reported profile: violent crime is 16% below the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 1% above it. The categories should be read separately; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor provide a ZIP-specific rate for 20783. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 20783 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#4 of 36). Its 50,387 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Prince George's County UCR book ZIP 20783 inherits

ZIP 20783 itself is about 8,628 people per Census sq mi across 5.8 sq mi (50,387 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 20783 accounts for roughly 5.2% of the county reporting population (50,387 of 967,201).

Prince George's County leans on larceny-theft at 47% of reported offenses (mix index 3,361). ZIP 20783 has no separate FBI offense book.

Prince George's County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 20783

Similar county violent rate (~297/100K)

Similar Census population (~50,387)

County detail: Prince George's County · State atlas: Maryland

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

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

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.