What is the crime rate for ZIP code 21234?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Baltimore County, MD (the county containing ZIP 21234) 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 21234 in?

ZIP code 21234 is located in Baltimore County, MD.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 21234

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

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

66,095
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 21234 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 21234 sits within Baltimore 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 21234 is the largest ZIP in Baltimore County by population, 66,095 residents (#1 of 67 county ZIPs), across 13.35 square miles (4,951/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Baltimore County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Baltimore County crime page linked below.

ZIP 21234 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Baltimore County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 21234 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: $80,692
Median age: 40.5 years
Owner-occupied homes: 65%
Occupied homes: 27,598

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

ZIP 21234 settlement vs Baltimore County

ZIP 21234 itself is about 4,951 people per Census sq mi across 13.4 sq mi (66,095 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 21234 accounts for roughly 7.7% of the county reporting population (66,095 of 854,535).

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 21234

Similar Census population (~66,095)

ZIP 90262, CA · 66,073 pop · Δ22
ZIP 27519, NC · 66,046 pop · Δ49
ZIP 95758, CA · 66,153 pop · Δ58
ZIP 29681, SC · 66,168 pop · Δ73

County detail: Baltimore 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.