Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rockville, MD Crime Grade
How Rockville 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
1/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Rockville, MD was 106.3 per 100,000 residents (73 incidents over a population of 68,690). That puts Rockville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 70% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Rockville #1,201 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 68% of them, and #3 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Rockville, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Maryland Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 106.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,201 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #3 of 23
- Safer than
- 68% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 68,690
- Reporting agency
- Rockville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rockville Police Department (FBI ORI MD0160500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rockville, MD
Also known as
- Owen's Ordinary
- Montgomery Court House
- Montgomery Courthouse
- Hungerford's Tavern
- Hungerfords
- Hungerfords Tavern
- Williamsburg
- Williamsburgh
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. Rockville (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rockville 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 | 165.9(111) | 149.9(100) | 151.6(102) | 106.3(73) |
| Murder | 4.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(3) |
| Rape | 19.4(13) | 18.0(12) | 17.8(12) | 14.6(10) |
| Robbery | 43.3(29) | 46.5(31) | 44.6(30) | 21.8(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 98.6(66) | 85.4(57) | 89.2(60) | 65.5(45) |
| Property crime | 1062.4(711) | 1298.2(866) | 1527.8(1,028) | 1259.3(865) |
| Burglary | 137.5(92) | 160.4(107) | 191.7(129) | 214.0(147) |
| Larceny | 859.2(575) | 998.4(666) | 1150.3(774) | 955.0(656) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 64.3(43) | 137.9(92) | 184.3(124) | 88.8(61) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rockville, 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 Rockville 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 Rockville calculated?
- Rockville'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 Rockville 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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