Maryland Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Maryland displays a 68.79-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Gaithersburg, Maryland at 83.03 points out of 100 versus Baltimore, Maryland at 14.24.
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Maryland displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 100 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Maryland has 1 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Baltimore, Maryland has a reporting population of 577,193 residents versus 69,225 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Maryland is Gaithersburg with an adjusted safety score of 83.03 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Maryland city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaithersburg | #1 of 3 | 69,225 | 83.03 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Frederick | #2 of 3 | 80,617 | 48.78 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Baltimore | #3 of 3 | 577,193 | 14.24 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Data, definitions and reuse
Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Monthly counts are summed over the agencies that reported each month, and agency coverage changes over time.
| Month | Violent | Property | Agencies reporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3106 | 15484 | 105 |
| Feb | 2785 | 14842 | 105 |
| Mar | 3331 | 17190 | 105 |
| Apr | 3341 | 16746 | 105 |
| May | 3722 | 18031 | 105 |
| Jun | 3591 | 17678 | 105 |
| Jul | 3509 | 17754 | 105 |
| Aug | 3368 | 17340 | 105 |
| Sep | 3398 | 16988 | 105 |
| Oct | 3309 | 17122 | 104 |
| Nov | 3034 | 15801 | 104 |
| Dec | 2959 | 15729 | 104 |
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<img src="https://www.safetyatlas.us/img/charts/maryland-crime-trend-2025.webp" alt="Chart of Maryland crime statistics: Maryland agencies reported 39,453 violent offenses in 2025, 14.4% fewer than the 46,077 in 2024, with 104 to 105 agencies reporting each month. Shows violent and property offenses per month." width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto">
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Maryland in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Robbery -29% (13,408 to 9,566), homicide -28%, motor vehicle theft -24%, burglary -11%, aggravated assault -8%, larceny-theft -7%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 243,959 of 480,741 reports (50.7%); larceny-theft alone is 148,744 (30.9%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 73% of homicides cleared vs 7% of motor vehicle thefts and 12% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 644 reports in 2025 vs 897 in 2024 (-28%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (96,041) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (39,878, 8.3% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jul (13,149) and troughed in Feb (10,973), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 68 of 106 agencies reported robbery in December 2025 (vs 69 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 106 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Maryland monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 148744 reports vs 159979 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 11,445 | 73 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 10,973 | 72 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 12,820 | 73 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 12,388 | 73 | Full |
| May 2025 | 13,051 | 73 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 12,749 | 73 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 13,149 | 73 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 12,699 | 73 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 12,636 | 72 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 12,933 | 72 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 11,850 | 72 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 12,051 | 71 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 96041 reports vs 103751 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 7,313 | 73 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 6,765 | 72 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 8,402 | 73 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 7,833 | 73 | Full |
| May 2025 | 9,112 | 73 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 8,252 | 73 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 7,918 | 73 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 7,919 | 73 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 8,463 | 72 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 8,413 | 72 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 8,129 | 72 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 7,522 | 71 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 62436 reports vs 71592 in 2024 (down 13% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 4,371 | 75 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 4,361 | 74 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 5,551 | 75 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 5,747 | 75 | Full |
| May 2025 | 5,696 | 75 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 5,533 | 75 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 5,720 | 75 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 5,382 | 75 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 5,337 | 74 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 5,403 | 74 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 4,955 | 74 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 4,380 | 73 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
73% of homicides cleared vs 7% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 644 | 472 | 73.3% |
| Aggravated Assault | 25,950 | 16,064 | 61.9% |
| Robbery | 9,566 | 4,327 | 45.2% |
| Burglary | 18,304 | 4,633 | 25.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 148,744 | 17,749 | 11.9% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 33,039 | 2,348 | 7.1% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Maryland city reports
- Gaithersburg safety report: #1 of 3, population 69,225, score 83.03, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Frederick safety report: #2 of 3, population 80,617, score 48.78, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Baltimore safety report: #3 of 3, population 577,193, score 14.24, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Maryland reporting agencies recorded 13,149 larceny-theft offenses in Jul 2025 versus 10,973 in Feb 2025, a difference of 2,176 reports; 73 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 72 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 148,744 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Maryland reporting agencies recorded 9,112 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 6,765 in Feb 2025, a difference of 2,347 reports; 73 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 72 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 96,041 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Maryland reporting agencies recorded 5,747 vandalism offenses in Apr 2025 versus 4,361 in Feb 2025, a difference of 1,386 reports; 75 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 74 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 62,436 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Maryland reporting agencies recorded 472 cleared homicide offenses against 644 reports received in 2025 (73.3%), compared with 2,348 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 33,039 reports (7.1%), a 66.2-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Baltimore, Maryland records 14.24 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 34.44 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 48.68; its reporting population of 577,193 residents accounts for 79.4% of the 727,035 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Gaithersburg, Maryland records 83.03 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 34.35 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 48.68; its reporting population of 69,225 residents accounts for 9.5% of the 727,035 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Frederick, Maryland records 48.78 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 0.10 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 48.68; its reporting population of 80,617 residents accounts for 11.1% of the 727,035 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Maryland reporting-agency sums contain 148,744 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 159,979 in 2024, 11,235 reports (7.0%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 71 to 73 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Maryland reporting-agency sums contain 96,041 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 103,751 in 2024, 7,710 reports (7.4%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 71 to 73 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Maryland reporting-agency sums contain 62,436 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 71,592 in 2024, 9,156 reports (12.8%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 73 to 75 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Maryland directory
The scoring run contains 100 reportable jurisdictions in Maryland. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Gaithersburg has the highest adjusted score at 83.03, and Baltimore has the lowest at 14.24. The public-cohort range is 68.79 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 1 decreasing, 1 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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