Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Annapolis, MD Crime Grade
How Annapolis grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Maryland — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
10/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Annapolis, MD was 806.0 per 100,000 residents (326 incidents over a population of 40,446). That puts Annapolis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 90% above the Maryland statewide rate of 425.1.
That ranks Annapolis #3,597 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #21 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is up 20% year over year and up 26% over the last five years.
Annapolis, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Maryland Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 806.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,597 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #21 of 23
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 20%
- 5-year change
- up 26%
- Population
- 40,446
- Reporting agency
- Annapolis Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Annapolis Police Department (FBI ORI MD0020100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Annapolis, MD
Also known as
- Crabtown
- Anne Arundell Towne
- Anne Arundel Towne
- Anne Arundell Town
- Proctors
- Arundel Towne
- The Athens of America
- Anne Arundel Town
History
Known as Providence when founded by Puritan settlers fleeing Virginia about 1650. Also known as Town Land at Proctors after settler Michael Proctor, and in 1694, when it became the State Capital, the community was known as Anne Arundel Town, to honor the wife of Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore. The following year the name was changed to ?? with the encouragement of Governor Franis Nicholson to honor Anna Stuart who became Queeen Anne of England. Transliterated, the name Annapolis means Anne's City. As the community grew it was sometimes referred to as "The Athens of America" or "The Paris of America." In more recent years known also as Crabtown. (US-T121)
Location
State Capital of Maryland, located along the Severn River, about 37 km (23 mi) south southeast of Baltimore. (US-T121)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Annapolis (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Annapolis vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 641.6(252) | 641.0(252) | 530.3(215) | 673.5(273) | 806.0(326) |
| Murder | 10.2(4) | 15.3(6) | 2.5(1) | 22.2(9) | 7.4(3) |
| Rape | 28.0(11) | 48.3(19) | 41.9(17) | 39.5(16) | 89.0(36) |
| Robbery | 170.6(67) | 129.7(51) | 103.6(42) | 155.4(63) | 170.6(69) |
| Aggravated assault | 432.8(170) | 447.7(176) | 382.3(155) | 456.4(185) | 539.0(218) |
| Property crime | 2390.7(939) | 2045.0(804) | 1988.1(806) | 2360.8(957) | 2109.0(853) |
| Burglary | 249.5(98) | 277.2(109) | 185.0(75) | 167.7(68) | 170.6(69) |
| Larceny | 1868.8(734) | 1589.7(625) | 1588.5(644) | 1939.0(786) | 1656.5(670) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 234.2(92) | 152.6(60) | 170.2(69) | 246.7(100) | 269.5(109) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Annapolis, MD Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Annapolis Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Annapolis calculated?
- Annapolis's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Maryland state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Maryland cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Annapolis Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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