What is the crime rate for ZIP code 21043?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Howard County, MD (the county containing ZIP 21043) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 21043 in?

ZIP code 21043 is located in Howard County, MD.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 21043

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

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

47,309
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 21043 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 21043 sits within Howard County, MD, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 21043 is the largest ZIP in Howard County by population, 47,309 residents (#1 of 20 county ZIPs), across 17.1 square miles (2,767/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Howard County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Howard County crime page linked below.

ZIP 21043 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Howard County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 21043 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: $145,000
Median age: 38.5 years
Owner-occupied homes: 69%
Occupied homes: 17,340

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

ZIP 21043 settlement vs Howard County

ZIP 21043 itself is about 2,767 people per Census sq mi across 17.1 sq mi (47,309 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 21043 accounts for roughly 14.2% of the county reporting population (47,309 of 332,317).

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 21043

Similar Census population (~47,309)

ZIP 90016, CA · 47,309 pop · Δ0
ZIP 95136, CA · 47,294 pop · Δ15
ZIP 63303, MO · 47,285 pop · Δ24
ZIP 94582, CA · 47,338 pop · Δ29

County detail: Howard 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.