Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Takoma Park, MD Crime Grade
How Takoma Park 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
5/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Takoma Park, MD was 340.4 per 100,000 residents (61 incidents over a population of 17,918). That puts Takoma Park 5% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 3% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Takoma Park #2,797 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #11 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Takoma Park, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Maryland Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 340.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,797 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #11 of 23
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 17,918
- Reporting agency
- Takoma Park Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Takoma Park Police Department (FBI ORI MD0160600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Takoma Park, MD
Also known as
- Takoma
- North Takoma
- City of Azaleas
- Brightwood
Location
On the Montgomery-Prince George's County line at the Maryland-District of Columbia state boundary, south of Silver Spring and west of College Park. (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. Takoma Park (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Takoma Park 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 | 342.1(61) | 259.8(45) | 520.5(90) | 539.7(94) | 340.4(61) |
| Murder | 11.2(2) | 11.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 44.9(8) | 5.8(1) | 17.4(3) | 45.9(8) | 50.2(9) |
| Robbery | 151.4(27) | 132.8(23) | 352.8(61) | 252.6(44) | 139.5(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 134.6(24) | 109.7(19) | 150.4(26) | 241.1(42) | 150.7(27) |
| Property crime | 2630.3(469) | 3538.9(613) | 5749.0(994) | 7084.6(1,234) | 3382.1(606) |
| Burglary | 190.7(34) | 531.1(92) | 549.5(95) | 620.0(108) | 262.3(47) |
| Larceny | 2254.5(402) | 2742.2(475) | 4493.9(777) | 5867.5(1,022) | 2645.4(474) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 185.1(33) | 265.6(46) | 694.0(120) | 585.6(102) | 463.2(83) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Takoma Park, 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 Takoma Park 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 Takoma Park calculated?
- Takoma Park'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 Takoma Park 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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