Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Salisbury, MD Crime Grade
How Salisbury 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
10/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Salisbury, MD was 969.7 per 100,000 residents (322 incidents over a population of 33,205). That puts Salisbury Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 128% above the Maryland statewide rate of 425.1.
That ranks Salisbury #3,679 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #22 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and up 9% over the last five years.
Salisbury, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Maryland Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 969.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,679 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #22 of 23
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- up 9%
- Population
- 33,205
- Reporting agency
- Salisbury Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Salisbury Police Department (FBI ORI MD0230300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Salisbury, MD
Also known as
- Handys Landing
- Carrs Landing
- Salsbury
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. Salisbury (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salisbury vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 887.4(294) | 920.8(306) | 1100.9(364) | 1110.7(370) | 969.7(322) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) | 3.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 57.3(19) | 75.2(25) | 51.4(17) | 87.1(29) | 39.2(13) |
| Robbery | 175.1(58) | 192.6(64) | 196.6(65) | 147.1(49) | 150.6(50) |
| Aggravated assault | 655.0(217) | 650.0(216) | 849.9(281) | 876.6(292) | 780.0(259) |
| Property crime | 4298.0(1,424) | 3186.6(1,059) | 2622.3(867) | 3019.9(1,006) | 3044.7(1,011) |
| Burglary | 624.8(207) | 463.4(154) | 393.2(130) | 453.3(151) | 557.1(185) |
| Larceny | 3531.3(1,170) | 2575.8(856) | 2086.9(690) | 2317.5(772) | 2282.8(758) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 135.8(45) | 144.4(48) | 121.0(40) | 237.2(79) | 195.8(65) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Salisbury, 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury calculated?
- Salisbury'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 Salisbury 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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