How neighborhoods moved each quarter
2022
Whole-area crime rate 29.8 to 42.2 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2022).
No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.
2023
Whole-area crime rate 33.4 to 53.0 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2023).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Mount Vernon 5th→9th (Q3)
2024
Whole-area crime rate 37.9 to 46.6 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2024).
No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.
2025
Whole-area crime rate 34.0 to 43.0 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2025).
No neighborhood moved more than three places in a quarter.
2026
Whole-area crime rate 31.5 to 41.8 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Mount Vernon 10th→6th (Q1)
Reported Safety Incidents
In Q2 2026: property incidents were 48% (767), violent incidents were 32% (515), vehicle crimes were 19% (304) and public order incidents were 0% (4).
Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighborhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.
Places we left out, and places to read with care
No place is left out: every neighborhood in this race has residents to count.
Downtown West (161.1 per 1,000 from 43 crimes among 267 residents), Inner Harbor (195.6 per 1,000 from 97 crimes among 496 residents), University of Maryland (58.1 per 1,000 from 48 crimes among 826 residents), Charles North (73.7 per 1,000 from 79 crimes among 1,072 residents), Heritage Crossing (28.4 per 1,000 from 31 crimes among 1,091 residents), Druid Heights (42.1 per 1,000 from 46 crimes among 1,092 residents), Seton Hill (38.0 per 1,000 from 54 crimes among 1,420 residents) and Madison Park (31.5 per 1,000 from 62 crimes among 1,969 residents) are places with few residents (under 3,000): a rate on so few people says little about living there, so they are not named as the lowest or highest.








