Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bowie, MD Crime Grade
How Bowie 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
3/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bowie, MD was 203.5 per 100,000 residents (119 incidents over a population of 58,471). That puts Bowie Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 42% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Bowie #2,068 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #6 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and up 65% over the last five years.
Bowie, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Maryland Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 203.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,068 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #6 of 23
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- up 65%
- Population
- 58,471
- Reporting agency
- Bowie Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bowie Police Department (FBI ORI MD0174100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bowie, MD
Also known as
- Bowie Station
- Huntington City
- Huntington Station
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. Bowie (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bowie 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 123.0(72) | 126.2(72) | 169.4(96) | 196.7(112) | 203.5(119) |
| Murder | 1.7(1) | 3.5(2) | 3.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 3.4(2) |
| Rape | 5.1(3) | 10.5(6) | 22.9(13) | 38.6(22) | 22.2(13) |
| Robbery | 29.0(17) | 33.3(19) | 45.9(26) | 58.0(33) | 59.9(35) |
| Aggravated assault | 87.1(51) | 78.9(45) | 97.0(55) | 100.1(57) | 118.0(69) |
| Property crime | 1076.1(630) | 1245.9(711) | 1432.7(812) | 2285.3(1,301) | 1948.0(1,139) |
| Burglary | 70.0(41) | 70.1(40) | 70.6(40) | 138.8(79) | 78.7(46) |
| Larceny | 917.2(537) | 997.1(569) | 1049.8(595) | 1768.9(1,007) | 1580.3(924) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 88.8(52) | 177.0(101) | 312.3(177) | 377.7(215) | 283.9(166) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bowie, 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 Bowie 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 Bowie calculated?
- Bowie'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 Bowie 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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