Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ocean Pines, MD Crime Grade
How Ocean Pines 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
1/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ocean Pines, MD was 24.4 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 12,272). That puts Ocean Pines 92% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 93% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Ocean Pines #184 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 95% of them, and #1 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and up 48% over the last five years.
Ocean Pines, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Maryland Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 24.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #184 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #1 of 23
- Safer than
- 95% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- up 48%
- Population
- 12,272
- Reporting agency
- Ocean Pines Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ocean Pines Police Department (FBI ORI MD0240500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ocean Pines (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ocean Pines 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 | 16.5(2) | 16.5(2) | 16.5(2) | 32.7(4) | 24.4(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 16.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 16.3(2) | 24.4(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 16.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 16.5(2) | 16.3(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 535.2(65) | 239.5(29) | 205.9(25) | 327.0(40) | 195.6(24) |
| Burglary | 90.6(11) | 90.8(11) | 16.5(2) | 57.2(7) | 57.0(7) |
| Larceny | 436.4(53) | 140.4(17) | 181.2(22) | 261.6(32) | 138.5(17) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 8.2(1) | 8.3(1) | 8.2(1) | 8.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ocean Pines, 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 Ocean Pines 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 Ocean Pines calculated?
- Ocean Pines'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 Ocean Pines 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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