Bel Air, MD Property Crime Rates and Maps

B-

Violent Crime Grade	C
Property Crime Grade	C+
Other Crime Grade	B

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$1.55 million

Cost of Crime™ for Bel Air, MD

In 2025, property crime will cost $218 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Bel Air with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The C+ grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Bel Air against the average US city, where the rate is about the same as the norm. Bel Air sits in the 53rd percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 53% of cities and behind 47%. The grade covers only Bel Air's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Bel Air is 11.79 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southeast part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 40 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 133 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of Bel Air, MD report the most property crime, about 48 cases per year. The central part reports the fewest, around 9 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Bel Air, MD

Property crime in Bel Air is projected to cost $1,549,581 in 2025, about $88 per resident and $218 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 63.4%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 30.8%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.8%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Bel Air Compared to Other Cities?

Bel Air, MD:	$88
Rosedale, MD:	$334
Linganore, MD:	$32
Maryland:	$130
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $88 per resident each year in Bel Air, which is $48 less than the national average and $43 less than Maryland's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Bel Air:

In Rosedale, MD, crime costs $334 per person, which is $246 more than in Bel Air.
In Linganore, MD, crime costs $32 per person, which is $56 less than in Bel Air

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Bel Air, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Bel Air	Cost per Bel Air Resident
Vehicle Theft	$486,005	$27
Burglary	$245,276	$14
Theft	$766,171	$43
Arson	$52,129	$3
Total Cost of Property Crime	$1,549,581	$88

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Bel Air, MD. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the southwest part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Bel Air Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Bel Air residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	8.362
Vehicle Theft	1.774
Burglary	1.529
Arson	0.1220
Total Property Crime	11.79 (C+)

Individual Bel Air Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Bel Air is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Bel Air.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Bel Air North, MD	A	B+	A
Bel Air South, MD	B+	B	B
Pleasant Hills, MD	B-	B	C+
Churchville, MD	A-	B-	B+
Forest Hill, MD	A-	B	B+
Abingdon, MD	B+	B-	B
Joppa, MD	D+	D	D+
Riverside, MD	B+	B-	C+
Belcamp, MD	B-	C+	C+
Fallston, MD	A-	B	B+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Bel Air is lower versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Chaparral, NM	D-	D	D
Beech Grove, IN	C+	C	C
Wilmington, OH	C	B+	B+
Whitewater, WI	B-	C+	C+
Bellevue, WI	C+	B+	B+
Bellingham, MA	A-	B-	B-
Bennettsville, SC	F	F	F
White Center, WA	F	D	D
Westwood, MA	A+	A+	A+
Webster, MA	B+	C	C

Considering only the property crime rate, Bel Air is safer than the Maryland state average and safer than the national average.

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