Crime rate & statistics
Baltimore Crime Rate & Safety Statistics
What Baltimore's crime rate looks like next to the national average, and how concentrated the most serious offenses really are.
Key indices
Baltimore crime at a glance
Index values are scaled so that 100 equals the U.S. average.
Your odds
Estimated victimization risk
Calibrated against national benchmark rates and expressed as everyday odds.
Trend
Is crime rising or falling in Baltimore?
Reported incidents per month over the most recent year of data.
Context
How to read these numbers
Baltimore's violent crime rate runs well above the U.S. average, and the city has long ranked among the highest in the nation for homicide. Yet that burden is strikingly uneven: a relatively small set of neighborhoods accounts for a disproportionate share of serious violence, while many residential and waterfront areas post rates closer to — or below — typical American communities.
We translate Baltimore's crime indices into estimated rates per 100,000 residents using national benchmark rates, then express them as everyday odds, such as a “1 in N” annual chance. Indices are scaled so that 100 equals the national average: a value of 200 means roughly twice the typical level of that offense, while 60 means about 40% below it. Letter grades summarize each area on a single A-to-F curve calibrated across U.S. cities.