Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Carrollton, MD Crime Grade
How New Carrollton 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
4/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Carrollton, MD was 271.2 per 100,000 residents (37 incidents over a population of 13,641). That puts New Carrollton 17% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 23% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks New Carrollton #2,496 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #9 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 21% over the last five years.
New Carrollton, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Maryland Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 271.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,496 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #9 of 23
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 21%
- Population
- 13,641
- Reporting agency
- New Carrollton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Carrollton Police Department (FBI ORI MD0173900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Carrollton (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Carrollton 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 | 223.2(29) | 291.8(39) | 422.2(56) | 293.0(39) | 271.2(37) |
| Murder | 7.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 7.7(1) | 29.9(4) | 7.5(1) | 15.0(2) | 14.7(2) |
| Robbery | 69.3(9) | 112.2(15) | 165.8(22) | 120.2(16) | 102.6(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 138.6(18) | 149.6(20) | 248.8(33) | 157.8(21) | 153.9(21) |
| Property crime | 1139.3(148) | 1503.9(201) | 2156.0(286) | 1675.2(223) | 2169.9(296) |
| Burglary | 146.3(19) | 104.8(14) | 173.4(23) | 127.7(17) | 153.9(21) |
| Larceny | 816.0(106) | 1002.6(134) | 1168.5(155) | 961.5(128) | 1363.5(186) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 177.1(23) | 374.1(50) | 814.2(108) | 585.9(78) | 645.1(88) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Carrollton, 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 New Carrollton 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 New Carrollton calculated?
- New Carrollton'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 New Carrollton 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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