Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cumberland, MD Crime Grade
How Cumberland 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
5/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cumberland, MD was 289.8 per 100,000 residents (54 incidents over a population of 18,632). That puts Cumberland 11% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 18% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Cumberland #2,603 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 31% of them, and #10 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 36% year over year and down 61% over the last five years.
Cumberland, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Maryland Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 289.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,603 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #10 of 23
- Safer than
- 31% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 36%
- 5-year change
- down 61%
- Population
- 18,632
- Reporting agency
- Cumberland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cumberland Police Department (FBI ORI MD0010200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cumberland, MD
Also known as
- Fort Cumberland
- Will's Creek
- Wills Creek
- Washington Town
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. Cumberland (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cumberland 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 | 738.0(140) | 613.9(115) | 624.7(117) | 453.5(85) | 289.8(54) |
| Murder | 21.1(4) | 5.3(1) | 10.7(2) | 10.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 131.8(25) | 69.4(13) | 112.1(21) | 48.0(9) | 75.1(14) |
| Robbery | 116.0(22) | 128.1(24) | 144.2(27) | 112.0(21) | 53.7(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 469.1(89) | 411.0(77) | 357.8(67) | 282.8(53) | 161.0(30) |
| Property crime | 2920.2(554) | 3411.1(639) | 4341.1(813) | 3953.7(741) | 3848.2(717) |
| Burglary | 716.9(136) | 619.2(116) | 800.9(150) | 741.6(139) | 590.4(110) |
| Larceny | 2034.7(386) | 2637.1(494) | 3358.6(629) | 3014.6(565) | 3102.2(578) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 152.9(29) | 133.5(25) | 149.5(28) | 160.1(30) | 150.3(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cumberland, 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland calculated?
- Cumberland'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 Cumberland 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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