Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Baltimore, MD Crime Grade
How Baltimore 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Baltimore, MD was 1340.6 per 100,000 residents (7,545 incidents over a population of 562,811). That puts Baltimore Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 281% above the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Baltimore #3,739 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #23 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Baltimore, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Maryland Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1340.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,739 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #23 of 23
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 562,811
- Reporting agency
- Baltimore Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Baltimore Police Department (FBI ORI MDBPD0000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Baltimore, MD
Also known as
- Jonestown
- Jonas Town
- Old Town
- Oldtown
- Jones Town
- Baltemore Town
- Charm City
History
Laid out in 1729 on the lands of Thomas Carroll and was named to honor Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, and proprietor of Maryland. Cecil's father, George Calvert, had become Lord Baltimore, of the Barony of Baltimore in Ireland in 1625. Records indicate that the Irish Lord took the name Baltimore from a seaport in County Cork, as was tradition for titles and baronies to be named after local ports. The Gaelic elements are "bailte" and "mora", which mean "big houses, homesteads, estates." In 1745 the growing community of Baltimore absorbed nearby Jones Town (or Oldtown). A popular nickname for Baltimore is "Charm City." Today Baltimore is ranked 17th largest city by population in the United States. (US-T121)
Location
Located along the Patapsco River, about 37 km (23 mi) north northwest of Annapolis.
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. Baltimore (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Baltimore vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1596.7(9,398) | 1709.1(9,751) | 1693.8(9,573) | 1615.0(9,151) | 1340.6(7,545) |
| Murder | 56.1(330) | 57.1(326) | 43.5(246) | 34.1(193) | 23.6(133) |
| Rape | 55.0(324) | 54.9(313) | 54.0(305) | 59.8(339) | 47.6(268) |
| Robbery | 580.7(3,418) | 565.8(3,228) | 584.4(3,303) | 574.1(3,253) | 414.0(2,330) |
| Aggravated assault | 904.9(5,326) | 1031.3(5,884) | 1011.9(5,719) | 947.0(5,366) | 855.3(4,814) |
| Property crime | 3168.6(18,650) | 3400.4(19,401) | 5157.2(29,148) | 4198.1(23,788) | 3988.4(22,447) |
| Burglary | 696.4(4,099) | 612.2(3,493) | 580.2(3,279) | 525.0(2,975) | 524.7(2,953) |
| Larceny | 1923.1(11,319) | 2149.0(12,261) | 2585.7(14,614) | 2594.5(14,701) | 2666.1(15,005) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 530.4(3,122) | 619.6(3,535) | 1965.7(11,110) | 1057.7(5,993) | 782.7(4,405) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Baltimore, 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 Baltimore 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 Baltimore calculated?
- Baltimore'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 Baltimore 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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