Research note
Why trend pages matter
This page answers a different question than the static city ranking: not just where violent crime is highest today, but which city trend lines are moving most.
Statewide directional ranking showing which supported Maryland cities are improving or worsening fastest on violent crime, using the current coarse statewide safety context with low-base safeguards so the order stays readable instead of sensational.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster -38% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #10 |
2.3 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Cottage City -30% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #5 |
1.6 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Aberdeen -28% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #21 |
5.5 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Hyattsville -26% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #28 |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Capitol Heights -26% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #19 |
5.1 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Cumberland -23% over 2021 to 2024 · current statewide rank #23 |
6.0 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Salisbury -22% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #29 |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 8 | North East -12% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #12 |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Bel Air -6% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #6 |
1.7 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Greenbelt -4% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #24 |
6.4 / 1k | → |
| 11 | District Heights -2% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #22 |
5.5 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Hagerstown +4% over 2021 to 2024 · current statewide rank #25 |
7.1 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Baltimore +5% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #34 |
15.3 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Mount Rainier +7% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #26 |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Gaithersburg +9% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #11 |
2.5 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Frederick +10% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #18 |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Rockville +23% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #4 |
1.6 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Sykesville +0.2 / 1k since 2022 · percentage suppressed because the starting period was too small |
0.7 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Bladensburg +44% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #31 |
8.5 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Elkton +46% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #32 |
10.1 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Bowie +82% over 2021 to 2024 · current statewide rank #8 |
2.0 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Landover Hills +118% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #30 |
7.4 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Takoma Park +135% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #20 |
5.4 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Forest Heights +144% over 2023 to 2024 · current statewide rank #16 |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Easton +147% over 2022 to 2024 · current statewide rank #13 |
3.7 / 1k | → |
This page answers a different question than the static city ranking: not just where violent crime is highest today, but which city trend lines are moving most.
Treat the page as a directional screen, then open the linked city brief to inspect current level, neighborhood spread, and broader local conditions. When the starting period is unusually small, the page switches to absolute-rate change instead of a misleading percentage.