Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Murder per Capita in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills

The map below shows murder per 1,000 Fountainhead-Orchard Hills residents.

 

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD Map of Murder Rates
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A-

Murder Grade™

Overall Crime Grade
D+
Violent Crime Grade
B-
Property Crime Grade
D+

Which crimes are included?

$63

Murder costs the average Fountainhead-Orchard Hills resident about $63 per year.

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Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills in green. The most dangerous areas in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills 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 Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD Safe from Murder?

The A- grade means the rate of murder is lower than the average US city. Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is in the 78th percentile for safety, meaning 22% of cities are safer and 78% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Fountainhead-Orchard Hills's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 0.0334 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills may be as high as 1 in 14,121 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 45,140 in the southeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the east parts of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD: about 0 per year. The southwest part of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Fountainhead-Orchard Hills's Murder Rate Compares

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

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD: 0.0334
Maryland: 0.0975
USA: 0.0671

Considering only the murder rate, Fountainhead-Orchard Hills 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 Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills about $406,611 in 2025, or roughly $63 per resident. This is part of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, including every crime type and how Fountainhead-Orchard Hills 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 Fountainhead-Orchard Hills's crime maps on the Fountainhead-Orchard Hills overall crime page.

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Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Fountainhead-Orchard Hills.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Murder Crime Grade
Maugansville, MD
B-
B
B
A
State Line, PA
A+
A+
A-
A
Hagerstown, MD
D
D+
D
B+
Cearfoss, MD
C
C+
C-
A+
Halfway, MD
D-
C-
D-
B
Funkstown, MD
D-
D
D-
C
Milnor, PA
A+
A+
A+
A+
Polktown, PA
A-
A-
B+
C
Ringgold, MD
B+
C
A-
B
Greencastle, PA
A+
A
A
A-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is lower 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
Yarmouth Port, MA
A
A-
A-
A+
Yaurel, PR
F
F
F
D-
York Haven, PA
A+
A+
A+
A
Zelienople, PA
A+
A+
A+
A-
Zephyrhills West, FL
A+
B+
B+
A+
Zillah, WA
D
C+
C+
A+
Zuni Pueblo, NM
F
D-
D-
F
Port Ludlow, WA
D
D+
D+
C
Ijamsville, MD
B
A-
A-
B
Interlochen, MI
A-
B
B
B-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD average SchoolGrade of C-, with 34% actual proficiency versus 36% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Fountainhead-Orchard Hills schools on SchoolGrade

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