Neighborhoods

Safest & Most Dangerous Baltimore Neighborhoods

Baltimore's safest residential and waterfront communities, and the corridors that shoulder the heaviest violent-crime burden.

254Neighborhoods graded

70%Graded A or B

D+Baltimore grade

Overview

How Baltimore neighborhoods compare

Nowhere is Baltimore's block-by-block divide clearer than in its neighborhoods. Northern and waterfront communities — Roland Park, Canton, Federal Hill, and Mount Washington — generally grade well, while heavy violent activity concentrates in parts of West Baltimore around Sandtown-Winchester and stretches of the east side.

Lowest crime

Safest neighborhoods in Baltimore

These northern and waterfront neighborhoods tend to record the lowest serious-crime rates, supported by higher owner-occupancy and stable residential blocks:

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Penn / Fallsway	A+	6,027	$17,053
2	Loyola / Notre Dame	A+	1,157	$191,145
3	Johns Hopkins Homewood	A+	805	$62,995
4	Blythewood	A+	977	$252,471
5	Evergreen	A+	234	$107,012
6	Bellona / Gittings	A+	508	$171,203
7	The Orchards	A+	630	$170,456
8	Guilford	A+	3,784	$218,742
9	Wyndhurst	A+	894	$184,224
10	Locust Point	A+	259	$151,514
11	Locust Point Industrial Area	A	1,226	$149,587
12	Cedarcroft	A	626	$161,719

Highest crime

Highest-crime neighborhoods in Baltimore

These corridors carry Baltimore's most concentrated violent crime, a pattern tied to long-standing disinvestment far more than to the city as a whole:

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population
1	Oldtown	F	2,784
2	Madison Park	F+	2,552
3	Perkins Homes	F+	754
4	Poppleton	F+	2,568
5	Charles North	D-	1,403
6	Heritage Crossing	D-	1,493
7	Upton	D-	4,836
8	Barclay	D-	1,847
9	Coldspring	D	969
10	Dunbar / Broadway	D	1,267
11	Gay Street	D	1,690
12	Oliver	D	3,737

Full ranking

All Baltimore neighborhoods, safest to highest-crime

Every graded neighborhood. Tap any name for its own map, grade and recent incidents.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Penn / Fallsway	A+	6,027	$17,053
2	Loyola / Notre Dame	A+	1,157	$191,145
3	Johns Hopkins Homewood	A+	805	$62,995
4	Blythewood	A+	977	$252,471
5	Evergreen	A+	234	$107,012
6	Bellona / Gittings	A+	508	$171,203
7	The Orchards	A+	630	$170,456
8	Guilford	A+	3,784	$218,742
9	Wyndhurst	A+	894	$184,224
10	Locust Point	A+	259	$151,514
11	Locust Point Industrial Area	A	1,226	$149,587
12	Cedarcroft	A	626	$161,719
13	Port Covington	A	69	$92,659
14	Riverside	A	4,712	$132,979
15	Sabina / Mattfeldt	A	201	$136,750
16	Homeland	A	2,779	$207,544
17	Holabird Industrial Park	A	374	$59,821
18	Roland Park	A	5,125	$134,439
19	Hampden	A	5,682	$69,425
20	Mount Washington	A	3,668	$156,796
21	Spring Garden Industrial Area	A	326	$130,924
22	South Baltimore	A	2,817	$94,202
23	Canton	A	8,628	$110,922
24	Wyman Park	A	1,216	$82,689
25	Saint Paul	A	231	$54,484
26	Beverly Hills	A	697	$102,263
27	Cross Keys	A	786	$112,408
28	Kernewood	A	470	$93,619
29	Chinquapin Park	A	1,151	$85,374
30	Clifton Park	A	646	$119,945
31	Stonewood / Pentwood / Winston	A	1,040	$74,649
32	Medfield	A	2,555	$82,136
33	Lower Herring Run Park	A	1,142	$72,956
34	Perring Loch	A	2,467	$88,742
35	Morgan State University	A	2,928	$85,895
36	Lake Evesham	A	421	$81,610
37	Mayfield	A	161	$124,925
38	Rosebank	A	445	$64,837
39	Radnor / Winston	A	556	$64,294
40	Kresson	A	227	$46,327
41	North Roland Park / Poplar Hill	A	1,375	$154,857
42	Cross Country	A	4,927	$75,474
43	Arcadia	A	1,062	$94,874
44	Cheswolde	A-	6,925	$83,973
45	Brewers Hill	A-	1,277	$96,389
46	Greektown	A-	2,794	$59,073
47	Hoes Heights	A-	823	$89,162
48	Armistead Gardens	A-	2,544	$35,561
49	Canton Industrial Area	A-	1,189	$83,804
50	Jones Falls Area	A-	1,103	$68,624
51	Eastwood	A-	43	$67,371
52	Federal Hill	A-	2,397	$124,923
53	Wilhelm Park	A-	776	$74,882
54	Belvedere	A-	672	$108,016
55	Ten Hills	A-	1,402	$85,684
56	Hunting Ridge	A-	1,065	$73,728
57	Keswick	A-	695	$84,454
58	Idlewood	A-	2,578	$86,077
59	Overlea	A-	1,007	$79,543
60	Bel Air / Edison	A-	15,025	$62,756
61	Westfield	A-	2,890	$93,794
62	Rognel Heights	A-	1,051	$70,230
63	Hillen	A-	1,138	$66,478
64	Broening Manor	A-	1,652	$39,381
65	Violetville	A-	2,675	$50,520
66	Parklane	A-	1,974	$61,251
67	Morrell Park	A-	3,693	$69,526
68	Richnor Springs	A-	625	$30,903
69	Edmondson Village	A-	3,382	$71,567
70	Orangeville	A-	1,025	$44,784
71	Cedmont	A-	2,440	$70,779
72	Herring Run Park	A-	495	$94,823
73	Bayview	A-	398	$62,155
74	Hopkins Bayview	A-	1,814	$62,198
75	Moravia / Walther	B+	1,005	$86,784
76	Otterbein	B+	1,069	$44,999
77	Woodberry	B+	1,392	$74,076
78	Westgate	B+	2,431	$85,958
79	Waltherson	B+	6,543	$75,789
80	Patterson Park	B+	6,206	$85,186
81	Belair / Parkside	B+	110	$72,854
82	Upper Fell's Point	B+	3,396	$96,525
83	Oakenshawe	B+	1,020	$93,972
84	Ednor Gardens / Lakeside	B+	5,020	$80,045
85	Highlandtown	B+	2,967	$67,813
86	Inner Harbor	B+	1,216	$102,861
87	Orangeville Industrial Area	B+	500	$38,762
88	Abell	B+	906	$49,848
89	Beechfield	B+	3,601	$68,328
90	Medford	B+	1,164	$38,390
91	Patterson Place	B+	1,105	$85,348
92	West Hills	B+	2,149	$68,021
93	Evesham Park	B+	688	$47,162
94	Remington	B+	1,900	$74,629
95	Yale Heights	B+	2,186	$46,444
96	Mid / Govans	B+	1,590	$56,982
97	Parkside	B+	1,611	$47,873
98	Glen Oaks	B+	3,148	$70,360
99	Rosemont East	B+	1,742	$77,830
100	Reisterstown Station	B+	1,901	$69,571
101	Lauraville	B+	3,791	$81,288
102	Ramblewood	B+	1,853	$67,636
103	Cedonia	B+	2,820	$58,218
104	Cameron Village	B+	962	$52,333
105	Glenham / Belhar	B+	5,810	$86,142
106	Windsor Hills	B+	1,232	$52,613
107	New Northwood	B+	4,563	$70,276
108	Butcher's Hill	B+	1,836	$113,506
109	Kenilworth Park	B+	1,117	$57,673
110	Woodmere	B+	2,280	$48,469
111	Coldstream Homestead Montebello	B+	7,064	$46,144
112	East Arlington	B+	1,762	$47,658
113	Darley Park	B+	1,162	$39,629
114	Fallstaff	B+	3,948	$54,953
115	Tuscany / Canterbury	B	3,289	$79,753
116	Lakeland	B	4,303	$68,055
117	Montebello	B	1,181	$82,338
118	Hamilton Hills	B	9,217	$72,919
119	Carroll / South Hilton	B	1,954	$43,129
120	Jonestown	B	1,506	$39,401
121	Fell's Point	B	3,175	$78,774
122	Carroll Park	B	814	$70,684
123	Morgan Park	B	369	$83,555
124	Oaklee	B	105	$90,253
125	Ellwood Park / Monument	B	3,395	$47,604
126	Frankford	B	16,945	$57,686
127	Ridgely's Delight	B	417	$115,985
128	Stadium Area	B	809	$103,054
129	Mount Pleasant Park	B	1,500	$65,023
130	Pen Lucy	B	2,937	$39,911
131	Seton Business Park	B	265	$41,015
132	Woodbourne Heights	B	1,371	$59,988
133	Wilson Park	B	835	$63,505
134	Gwynn's Falls / Leakin Park	B	2,758	$48,016
135	Cylburn	B	2,293	$60,212
136	Madison / Eastend	B	2,294	$61,015
137	Dolfield	B	1,885	$57,011
138	Wrenlane	B	305	$74,674
139	Four by Four	B	1,505	$68,371
140	Central Park Heights	B	5,904	$43,918
141	Forest Park	B	2,389	$58,173
142	Lucille Park	B	934	$50,419
143	Walbrook	B	2,229	$61,117
144	Garwyn Oaks	B	1,178	$41,742
145	Ashburton	B	2,816	$67,033
146	Towanda / Grantley	B	1,229	$45,309
147	East Baltimore Midway	B	2,900	$48,892
148	Biddle Street	B	1,474	$41,898
149	Hanlon / Longwood	B	2,118	$73,855
150	Winchester	B	1,313	$41,927
151	West Arlington	B	1,955	$46,410
152	Evergreen Lawn	B	796	$47,450
153	Rosemont Homeowners / Tenants	B	1,008	$35,967
154	Panway / Braddish Avenue	B	1,220	$59,640
155	Edgewood	B	1,830	$47,030
156	Rosemont	B	2,330	$43,315
157	Allendale	B	3,144	$43,767
158	Franklintown Road	B	1,871	$28,188
159	Downtown West	B-	877	$53,229
160	Original Northwood	B-	1,162	$81,630
161	Glen	B-	7,238	$56,690
162	Baltimore Highlands	B-	1,984	$49,207
163	Harwood	B-	1,640	$64,302
164	Carroll / Camden Industrial Area	B-	1,340	$68,846
165	McElderry Park	B-	3,787	$48,176
166	Pulaski Industrial Area	B-	1,692	$46,789
167	Saint Agnes	B-	414	$26,876
168	Winston / Govans	B-	1,256	$65,466
169	Fairmont	B-	523	$55,351
170	Arlington	B-	2,204	$44,270
171	Charles Village	B-	8,070	$39,039
172	Broadway East	B-	4,369	$31,906
173	Berea	B-	3,446	$39,829
174	Mosher	B-	1,612	$45,251
175	Burleith / Leighton	B-	337	$65,873
176	Gwynn's Falls	B-	531	$52,799
177	Lake Walker	B-	1,892	$57,093
178	Midtown Belvedere	C+	3,914	$53,112
179	Millhill	C+	1,708	$29,645
180	Irvington	C+	5,009	$60,775
181	Levindale	C+	1,106	$34,699
182	Better Waverly	C+	2,781	$46,417
183	Carrollton Ridge	C+	3,651	$37,026
184	Druid Hill Park	C+	556	$76,621
185	Bolton Hill	C+	5,031	$45,229
186	Little Italy	C+	531	$76,663
187	Villages of Homeland	C+	621	$61,761
188	Washington Village / Pigtown	C+	3,242	$55,774
189	York / Homeland	C+	330	$61,547
190	Orchard Ridge	C+	414	$31,483
191	Washington Hill	C+	2,290	$47,664
192	Tremont	C+	897	$75,861
193	Johnston Square	C+	1,837	$35,501
194	Woodbourne / McCabe	C+	870	$22,813
195	Saint Joseph's	C+	2,063	$50,624
196	Penrose / Fayette Street Outreach	C+	3,254	$40,721
197	Midtown / Edmondson	C	2,088	$45,692
198	Mondawmin	C	3,501	$55,443
199	Easterwood	C	1,220	$43,619
200	Penn North	C	2,024	$35,294
201	New Southwest / Mount Clare	C	1,792	$36,898
202	Lower Edmondson Village	C	404	$62,798
203	Mount Vernon	C	4,877	$46,866
204	Sharp / Leadenhall	C	928	$61,661
205	Waverly	C	2,423	$43,314
206	Westport	C	1,238	$46,387
207	Downtown	C	3,630	$61,831
208	Loch Raven	C	4,334	$61,907
209	Barre Circle	C	403	$57,734
210	Pimlico	C	1,208	$42,745
211	Pleasant View Gardens	C	614	$14,401
212	Middle East	C-	1,534	$43,499
213	Callaway / Garrison	C-	1,712	$56,909
214	Milton / Montford	C-	1,152	$29,785
215	Sandtown / Winchester	C-	7,657	$38,182
216	Coppin Heights / Ash-Co-East	C-	2,660	$37,079
217	Union Square	C-	1,114	$80,193
218	Boyd / Booth	C-	489	$29,744
219	University of Maryland	C-	749	$25,638
220	Reservoir Hill	C-	5,813	$48,013
221	Hollins Market	C-	1,681	$46,449
222	Park Circle	D+	3,285	$31,650
223	Langston Hughes	D+	928	$53,287
224	Harlem Park	D+	4,197	$32,429
225	Greenmount West	D+	846	$48,375
226	Northwest Community Action	D+	1,516	$47,143
227	Greenmount Cemetery	D+	275	$36,217
228	South Clifton Park	D+	526	$41,315
229	Greenspring	D+	3,094	$31,753
230	Bridgeview / Greenlawn	D+	2,103	$43,168
231	CARE	D+	1,052	$25,531
232	O'Donnell Heights	D+	1,124	$23,401
233	Old Goucher	D+	836	$26,769
234	Uplands	D+	539	$61,805
235	Franklin Square	D+	2,532	$47,147
236	Druid Heights	D	1,276	$36,807
237	Seton Hill	D	1,064	$41,762
238	Shipley Hill	D	2,021	$38,888
239	Mount Holly	D	997	$29,087
240	Parkview / Woodbrook	D	1,214	$39,769
241	Oliver	D	3,737	$36,951
242	Gay Street	D	1,690	$32,868
243	Liberty Square	D	492	$43,041
244	Dunbar / Broadway	D	1,267	$27,618
245	Coldspring	D	969	$54,293
246	Barclay	D-	1,847	$40,256
247	Upton	D-	4,836	$26,558
248	Heritage Crossing	D-	1,493	$39,343
249	Charles North	D-	1,403	$26,231
250	Poppleton	F+	2,568	$25,271
251	Mount Winans	F+	385	$58,406
252	Perkins Homes	F+	754	$17,485
253	Madison Park	F+	2,552	$26,835
254	Oldtown	F	2,784	$18,904

By ZIP code

Baltimore crime by ZIP code

ZIP codes ranked from safest to highest-crime.

#	ZIP code	Grade	Population	Median income
1	21240	A	17	$114,490
2	21210	A	13,436	$132,563
3	21209	A	25,747	$105,282
4	21211	A-	16,000	$75,120
5	21224	A-	49,050	$80,082
6	21250	A-	888	$50,000
7	21212	A-	31,050	$104,398
8	21230	A-	31,362	$95,929
9	21214	B+	19,774	$85,315
10	21213	B+	32,123	$53,810
11	21251	B+	367	$94,784
12	21206	B	49,013	$67,687
13	21229	B	44,912	$62,930
14	21287	B	333	$52,205
15	21278	B	193	$41,393
16	21205	B	15,065	$40,785
17	21239	B	27,948	$74,936
18	21215	B	57,392	$53,624
19	21231	B	13,555	$81,454
20	21218	B	49,527	$62,741
21	21216	B	29,392	$48,911
22	21202	B-	22,475	$46,828
23	21223	C	25,076	$40,607
24	21217	C-	35,673	$40,210
25	21201	C-	16,056	$46,082
26	21290	C-	142	$25,539
27	21241	F+	24	$59,783

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