The data are provided are the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC), within the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP). MSAC, in turn, receives these data from the Maryland State Police's annual Uniform Crime Reports.

Historical crime rates per 100,000 people, 1975 - present. In June 2017 we changed the update frequency of this dataset from annual to as-needed because sometimes there is a lag that is often 6 months after the annual date before the new data is available.

In 2023, the District of Columbia had the highest reported violent crime rate in the United States, with 1,150.9 violent crimes per 100,000 of the population. Maine had the lowest reported violent crime rate, with 102.5 offenses per 100,000 of the population. Life in the District The District of Columbia has seen a fluctuating population over the past few decades. Its population decreased throughout the 1990s, when its crime rate was at its peak, but has been steadily recovering since then. While unemployment in the District has also been falling, it still has had a high poverty rate in recent years. The gentrification of certain areas within Washington, D.C. over the past few years has made the contrast between rich and poor even greater and is also pushing crime out into the Maryland and Virginia suburbs around the District. Law enforcement in the U.S. Crime in the U.S. is trending downwards compared to years past, despite Americans feeling that crime is a problem in their country. In addition, the number of full-time law enforcement officers in the U.S. has increased recently, who, in keeping with the lower rate of crime, have also made fewer arrests than in years past.

The District of Columbia had the highest robbery rate in the United States in 2023, with 614.2 robberies per 100,000 inhabitants. The lowest robbery rate in the country was found in Idaho, with 9.5 robberies per 100,000 inhabitants. Crime in the District of Columbia The violent crime rate in the District of Columbia was found to be the highest in the United States, with there being a few reasons for this: Firstly, the population of the District of Columbia is quite low (causing a higher rate of crime), and secondly, issues such as the crack epidemic of the 1990s exacerbated the prevalence of crime in the District. As rising rents and gentrification force more people out of the District, crime is moving into neighboring Maryland and Virginia suburbs, as poorer residents seek more affordable living conditions. Crime in the United States Overall, violent crime in the United States and the District of Columbia today is far below the violent crime rate of the 1990s. While some may feel that crime is on the rise, due in part to media sensationalism in fact, the opposite is true, and the United States is becoming safer over time.

Note: This filtered view of opioid crime incidents does not reflect overdoses.

Updated daily postings on Montgomery County’s open data website, dataMontgomery, provide the public with direct access to crime statistic databases - including raw data and search functions – of reported County crime. The data presented is derived from reported crimes classified according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and documented by approved police incident reports. The data is compiled by “EJustice”, a respected law enforcement records-management system used by the Montgomery County Police Department and many other law enforcement agencies. To protect victims’ privacy, no names or other personal information are released. All data is refreshed on a quarterly basis to reflect any changes in status due to on-going police investigation.

dataMontgomery allows the public to query the Montgomery County Police Department's database of founded crime. The information contained herein includes all founded crimes reported after July 1st 2016 and entered to-date utilizing Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) rules. Please note that under UCR rules multiple offenses may appear as part of a single founded reported incident, and each offense may have multiple victims. Please note that these crime reports are based on preliminary information supplied to the Police Department by the reporting parties. Therefore, the crime data available on this web page may reflect:

-Information not yet verified by further investigation -Information that may include attempted and reported crime -Preliminary crime classifications that may be changed at a later date based upon further investigation -Information that may include mechanical or human error -Arrest information [Note: all arrested persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.]

Street addresses are temporarily unavailable. The Police Response Area (PRA) is the most precise geographic field currently available. For a map of PRA boundaries, please refer to: https://mcpd-md.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=12fca77d915742faa1faf14b5f5334a1.

Update Frequency: Daily

In 2023, the District of Columbia had the highest rate of motor vehicle theft in the United States, with 1,070.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Washington, Nevada, Colorado, and Maryland rounded out the top five states for motor vehicle theft in that year. Nationwide, the rate of motor vehicle theft stood at 318.7 cases per 100,000 residents.