Baltimore, MD crime rate
In 2025 the Baltimore Police Department reported 1,350.5 violent crimes and 4,008.6 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Maryland and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 3,535, 2023: 11,112, 2024: 5,997 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Baltimore compare with Maryland and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Baltimore only.
What offenses were reported in Baltimore, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Maryland | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 7,601 | 1,350.5 | 358.0 | 327.6 | down 16.5% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Murder | 136 | 24.2 | 5.3 | 4.1 | down 29.7% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Rape | 276 | 49.0 | 31.0 | 36.1 | down 19.5% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 2,344 | 416.5 | 85.2 | 49.4 | down 27.5% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 4,845 | 860.9 | 236.6 | 238.0 | down 9.1% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 22,561 | 4,008.6 | 1,819.7 | 1,534.8 | down 4.6% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 2,973 | 528.2 | 165.4 | 193.6 | up 0.6% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 15,081 | 2,679.6 | 1,338.8 | 1,144.1 | up 3.1% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,422 | 785.7 | 315.6 | 197.0 | down 25.8% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
| Arson | 85 | 15.1 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 28.1% | 2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Baltimore Police Department and sent to the FBI. Maryland and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Baltimore | United States | Maryland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 387.0 | 435.1 |
| 2022 | 1,709.4 | 388.7 | 424.5 |
| 2023 | 1,694.8 | 379.5 | 440.3 |
| 2024 | 1,616.7 | 362.9 | 425.4 |
| 2025 | 1,350.5 | 327.6 | 358.0 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Baltimore | United States | Maryland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,522.0 |
| 2022 | 3,400.8 | 1,973.8 | 1,713.5 |
| 2023 | 5,160.2 | 1,934.1 | 2,147.0 |
| 2024 | 4,202.9 | 1,761.1 | 2,065.1 |
| 2025 | 4,008.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,819.7 |
Is Baltimore safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Baltimore Police Department reported, 1,350.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Maryland's 358.0, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 16.5% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Baltimore's 2025 murder rate was 24.2 per 100,000 residents covered by the Baltimore Police Department, from 136 homicides reported to the FBI. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses, 29.7% in the last year and 57.6% from 2022, the first full year in the series. All violent crime together came to 7,601 offenses, or 1,350.5 per 100,000, which is 3.8 times the Maryland estimate of 358.0 and 4.1 times the US rate of 327.6.
The violent rate fell 16.5% from 2024 and is 21.0% below the 2022 level of 1,709.4. Robbery, at 416.5 per 100,000, was 8.4 times the national rate after a 27.5% fall in the last year. Aggravated assault was 64% of violent crime.
Property crime was 4,008.6 per 100,000, 2.2 times the state's 1,819.7 and 2.6 times the national 1,534.8. It dropped 4.6% from 2024. From 2022 it was 17.9% higher, and motor vehicle theft had the largest rise of the property offenses across those years, 26.8%.
Larceny-theft rose 3.1% in the last year, the largest rise in the group, and made up 67% of property crime. The 2023 motor vehicle theft count is flagged as an unusual change and is not used. 2021 is a partial year: 7 of 12 months. The department has reported to NIBRS since 2021 and sent all 12 months in each later year.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 4.69 per 1,000 residents (2,051 officers, 588 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Baltimore Police Department (ORI MDBPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Maryland and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MDBPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Baltimore Police Department (MDBPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_MDBPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)