Baltimore, MD Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in the Baltimore area in green. The most dangerous areas in the Baltimore area are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Baltimore, MD Safe from Murder?

The C+ grade means the rate of murder is about the same as the average US city. Baltimore is in the 50th percentile for safety, meaning 50% of cities are safer and 50% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to the Baltimore area's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in the Baltimore area is 0.0583 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in the Baltimore area generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in the Baltimore area may be as high as 1 in 9,644 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 32,699 in the southeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Baltimore, MD: about 34 per year. The southeast part of the Baltimore area has fewer cases of murder with only 9 in a typical year.

How Baltimore's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in the Baltimore area to the Maryland state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, the Baltimore area is safer than the Maryland state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Baltimore, MD

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Baltimore about $321,924,225 in 2025, or roughly $110 per resident. This is part of the Baltimore area's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Baltimore, including every crime type and how Baltimore compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder 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 Baltimore's crime maps on the Baltimore overall crime page.

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Individual Baltimore Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in the Baltimore area is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to the Baltimore area.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Gwynn Oak, MD	D-	F	D	C-
Brooklyn, MD	F	F	D-	D+
Lansdowne, MD	D-	D-	D-	C+
Baltimore Highlands, MD	D-	D+	D-	B+
Towson, MD	D-	C-	F	C-
Halethorpe, MD	F	F	F	C
Parkville, MD	D	D+	D-	B
Rosedale, MD	F	D-	F	C
Overlea, MD	D-	D+	F	B-
Lochearn, MD	D-	D+	D-	C-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Baltimore is similar versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
St. Louis, MO	D-	D	D	D-
Orlando, FL	A-	B	B	A-
Charlotte, NC	D	D+	D+	D+
San Antonio, TX	D	C-	C-	B+
Tampa, FL	A-	B	B	A
Portland, OR	D-	C	C	B-
Denver, CO	D-	D	D	C+
San Diego, CA	D+	D+	D+	B
Sacramento, CA	D+	D	D	B
Pittsburgh, PA	B-	B-	B-	C-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Baltimore, MD average SchoolGrade of D, with 28% actual proficiency versus 34% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Baltimore schools on SchoolGrade

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