Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cambridge, MD Crime Grade
How Cambridge 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
7/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cambridge, MD was 488.5 per 100,000 residents (65 incidents over a population of 13,305). That puts Cambridge 50% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 39% above the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Cambridge #3,253 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #15 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 50% over the last five years.
Cambridge, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Maryland Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 488.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,253 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #15 of 23
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 50%
- Population
- 13,305
- Reporting agency
- Cambridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cambridge Police Department (FBI ORI MD0100100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cambridge (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cambridge 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 970.3(119) | 1568.8(192) | 775.7(102) | 545.2(72) | 488.5(65) |
| Murder | 16.3(2) | 24.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 15.0(2) |
| Rape | 81.5(10) | 49.0(6) | 76.0(10) | 90.9(12) | 75.2(10) |
| Robbery | 163.1(20) | 286.0(35) | 159.7(21) | 181.7(24) | 172.9(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 709.4(87) | 1209.2(148) | 539.9(71) | 272.6(36) | 225.5(30) |
| Property crime | 5414.2(664) | 4796.1(587) | 3977.2(523) | 3195.8(422) | 3675.3(489) |
| Burglary | 1125.2(138) | 784.4(96) | 479.1(63) | 507.4(67) | 511.1(68) |
| Larceny | 4134.1(507) | 3619.6(443) | 2920.2(384) | 2385.5(315) | 2735.8(364) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 114.2(14) | 359.5(44) | 570.3(75) | 295.3(39) | 420.9(56) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cambridge, 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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge calculated?
- Cambridge'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 Cambridge 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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