Burglary per Capita in West Baltimore
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 West Baltimore residents.
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 West Baltimore residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of burglary in West Baltimore is about 1 in 146.
Burglary costs the average West Baltimore resident about $62 per year.
Crime Grade's burglary map shows the safest places in West Baltimore in green. The most dangerous areas in West Baltimore are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The D- grade means the rate of burglary is much higher than the average US neighborhood. West Baltimore is in the 10th percentile for safety, meaning 90% of neighborhoods are safer and 10% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to West Baltimore's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.
The rate of burglary in West Baltimore is 6.858 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in West Baltimore generally consider the east part of the neighborhood to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of burglary in West Baltimore may be as high as 1 in 100 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 409 in the east part of the neighborhood.
By a simple count ignoring population, more burglary occurs in the north parts of West Baltimore, Baltimore, MD: about 35 per year. The southeast part of West Baltimore has fewer cases of burglary with only 4 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the burglary rate in West Baltimore to the Maryland state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| West Baltimore, Baltimore, MD: | 6.858 |
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| Maryland: | 1.866 |
| USA: | 2.509 |
Considering only the burglary rate, West Baltimore is less safe than the Maryland state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Burglary is projected to cost the residents of West Baltimore about $1,382,712 in 2025, or roughly $62 per resident. This is part of West Baltimore's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for West Baltimore, including every crime type and how West Baltimore compares to other neighborhoods.
Remember that burglary rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading West Baltimore's crime maps on the West Baltimore overall crime page.
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Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D- | F | C | D- | |
D- | F | C- | D | |
F | F | D- | F | |
C- | F | B- | C | |
F | F | D- | C | |
D | F | D+ | C+ | |
D+ | F | C | C+ | |
D- | F | C- | D | |
D+ | D- | C- | B- | |
D | F | C | C |
West Baltimore is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for burglary. The table below compares burglary in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B | A- | A- | B- | |
D | D- | D- | C- | |
B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ | |
D | D- | D- | C | |
A | B | B | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A- | |
D | B- | B- | D+ | |
B- | C | C | C | |
F | D+ | D+ | C | |
A | A- | A- | B- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in West Baltimore, Baltimore, MD average SchoolGrade of F, with 7% actual proficiency versus 12% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See West Baltimore schools on SchoolGrade
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