Decision-support ranking comparing Maryland cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Violent Crime has increased 5% since 2022. |
15.3 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Princess Anne Violent Crime does not yet have a long enough history to describe a full trend. |
13.7 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Elkton Violent Crime has increased 46% since 2022. |
10.1 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Bladensburg Violent Crime has increased 44% since 2023. |
8.5 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Landover Hills Violent Crime has increased 118% since 2022. |
7.4 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Annapolis Violent Crime does not yet have a long enough history to describe a full trend. |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Hyattsville Violent Crime has declined 26% since 2023. |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Salisbury Violent Crime has declined 22% since 2022. |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Mount Rainier Violent Crime has increased 7% since 2023. |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Hagerstown Violent Crime has increased 4% since 2021. |
7.1 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Greenbelt Violent Crime has declined 4% since 2023. |
6.4 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Cumberland Violent Crime has declined 23% since 2021. |
6.0 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Aberdeen Violent Crime has declined 28% since 2023. |
5.5 / 1k | → |
| 14 | District Heights Violent Crime has declined 2% since 2023. |
5.5 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Takoma Park Violent Crime has increased 135% since 2022. |
5.4 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Capitol Heights Violent Crime has declined 26% since 2023. |
5.1 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Frederick Violent Crime has increased 10% since 2022. |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Upper Marlboro Violent Crime moved up by 4.3 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2022 to 4.3 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
4.3 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Forest Heights Violent Crime has increased 144% since 2023. |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Edmonston Violent Crime moved up by 3.8 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2023 to 3.8 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
3.8 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Laurel Violent Crime moved up by 3.8 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2022 to 3.8 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
3.8 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Easton Violent Crime has increased 147% since 2022. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 23 | North East Violent Crime has declined 12% since 2023. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Gaithersburg Violent Crime has increased 9% since 2023. |
2.5 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Westminster Violent Crime has declined 38% since 2022. |
2.3 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Maryland cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.