Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
La Plata, MD Crime Grade
How La Plata 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
3/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in La Plata, MD was 153.8 per 100,000 residents (18 incidents over a population of 11,700). That puts La Plata 53% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks La Plata #1,659 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 56% of them, and #5 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 29% year over year and down 66% over the last five years.
La Plata, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Maryland Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 153.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,659 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #5 of 23
- Safer than
- 56% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 29%
- 5-year change
- down 66%
- Population
- 11,700
- Reporting agency
- La Plata Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by La Plata Police Department (FBI ORI MD0090100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About La Plata, MD
Also known as
- LaPlata Station
- Laplata
- Le Plateau
History
Origin of name appears to have come from the name of the Chapman farm, because of its terrain it was originally called "Le Plateau", which is the french designation for a large, flat area. As time passed the residents of Charles County corrupted the spelling and the pronunciation until it became La Plata with the long a sound used today. (US-T131/1958/The History of Charles County, by Klapton and Brown)
Location
3.2 km (2 mi) south of Faulkner and 7.5 km (4.7 mi) north of Bel Alton. (US-T121)
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. La Plata (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
La Plata 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 | 452.3(44) | 243.6(26) | 201.4(22) | 215.9(24) | 153.8(18) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 133.6(13) | 46.9(5) | 45.8(5) | 18.0(2) | 17.1(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 318.7(31) | 196.8(21) | 155.6(17) | 197.9(22) | 136.8(16) |
| Property crime | 2878.3(280) | 1499.3(160) | 1922.4(210) | 1754.5(195) | 1333.3(156) |
| Burglary | 133.6(13) | 196.8(21) | 128.2(14) | 233.9(26) | 76.9(9) |
| Larceny | 2590.5(252) | 1283.7(137) | 1711.8(187) | 1340.7(149) | 1042.7(122) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 154.2(15) | 18.7(2) | 82.4(9) | 180.0(20) | 213.7(25) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the La Plata, 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 La Plata 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 La Plata calculated?
- La Plata'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 La Plata 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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