Safest counties for violent crime rate in Maryland

Top 24 of 24 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Maryland
Rank	County	Value
1	Garrett	59.1 per 100k
2	Queen Anne's	69.7 per 100k
3	Calvert	89.1 per 100k
4	Kent	96.8 per 100k
5	Howard	108.9 per 100k
6	Caroline	134.2 per 100k
7	Carroll	146.7 per 100k
8	Frederick	151.4 per 100k
9	Harford	161.4 per 100k
10	Montgomery	176.2 per 100k
11	St. Mary's	190.4 per 100k
12	Somerset	198.8 per 100k
13	Cecil	206.3 per 100k
14	Worcester	227.5 per 100k
15	Anne Arundel	253.0 per 100k
16	Charles	253.8 per 100k
17	Talbot	255.8 per 100k
18	Dorchester	288.7 per 100k
19	Allegany	298.2 per 100k
20	Washington	320.7 per 100k
21	Wicomico	341.0 per 100k
22	Prince George's	382.9 per 100k
23	Baltimore	423.8 per 100k
24	Baltimore	511.3 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Maryland counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Maryland (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Maryland

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