Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gaithersburg, MD Crime Grade
How Gaithersburg 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
4/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gaithersburg, MD was 212.7 per 100,000 residents (151 incidents over a population of 70,993). That puts Gaithersburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 40% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Gaithersburg #2,130 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #8 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and up 1% over the last five years.
Gaithersburg, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Maryland Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 212.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,130 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #8 of 23
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- up 1%
- Population
- 70,993
- Reporting agency
- Gaithersburg Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gaithersburg Police Department (FBI ORI MD0160200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gaithersburg, MD
Also known as
- Forest Oak
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. Gaithersburg (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gaithersburg 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 209.7(144) | 238.8(164) | 254.3(177) | 212.7(151) |
| Murder | 1.5(1) | 1.5(1) | 1.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 27.7(19) | 33.5(23) | 30.2(21) | 15.5(11) |
| Robbery | 52.4(36) | 68.4(47) | 64.7(45) | 62.0(44) |
| Aggravated assault | 128.1(88) | 135.4(93) | 158.1(110) | 135.2(96) |
| Property crime | 1020.6(701) | 1496.8(1,028) | 1319.2(918) | 1039.5(738) |
| Burglary | 141.2(97) | 180.5(124) | 152.3(106) | 121.1(86) |
| Larceny | 827.0(568) | 1170.6(804) | 1028.9(716) | 852.2(605) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 52.4(36) | 141.2(97) | 138.0(96) | 64.8(46) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gaithersburg, 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 Gaithersburg 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 Gaithersburg calculated?
- Gaithersburg'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 Gaithersburg 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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