Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Westminster, MD Crime Grade
How Westminster 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Maryland
3/10
vs. Maryland cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Westminster, MD was 206.8 per 100,000 residents (43 incidents over a population of 20,797). That puts Westminster 36% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Maryland statewide rate of 351.9.
That ranks Westminster #2,097 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #7 of 23 in Maryland. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and up 7% over the last five years.
Westminster, MD crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Maryland Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 206.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,097 of 3,771
- MD rank
- #7 of 23
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- up 7%
- Population
- 20,797
- Reporting agency
- Westminster Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Westminster Police Department (FBI ORI MD0070800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Westminster, MD
Also known as
- Bedford
- Winchester
- Grandadam Farm
- Logsdon Tavern Land
- New London Town
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. Westminster (red), Maryland (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Westminster 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 | 193.0(36) | 371.9(75) | 258.2(53) | 241.9(50) | 206.8(43) |
| Murder | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 16.1(3) | 24.8(5) | 34.1(7) | 29.0(6) | 9.6(2) |
| Robbery | 53.6(10) | 9.9(2) | 9.7(2) | 24.2(5) | 14.4(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 117.9(22) | 337.2(68) | 214.4(44) | 188.7(39) | 182.7(38) |
| Property crime | 2026.4(378) | 1978.7(399) | 1768.7(363) | 2085.0(431) | 1682.9(350) |
| Burglary | 246.6(46) | 183.5(37) | 92.6(19) | 106.4(22) | 105.8(22) |
| Larceny | 1726.2(322) | 1725.8(348) | 1588.5(326) | 1886.7(390) | 1495.4(311) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 53.6(10) | 64.5(13) | 87.7(18) | 67.7(14) | 76.9(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Westminster, 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 Westminster 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 Westminster calculated?
- Westminster'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 Westminster 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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