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Bel Air

Bel Air, Maryland crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
126,311
Bel Air covered by 28 underlying areas.
Violent crime
1.7 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 6% since 2023.
Property crime
20.3 / 1k
Property crime has declined 11% since 2023.
Market rent
$1,922
Market rent has declined 5% since 2022. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Bel Air is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

0/100

Scores in the 0th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

46/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 46th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

48/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 48th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Bel Air compared with Maryland

Bel Air city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

1.7 / 1k

6.6 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

20.3 / 1k

28.1 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,922

$2,022 state

Permits 12M

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