College Park is the eighth-largest city in Maryland, with 38,300 residents in Prince George's County, about 9 miles northeast of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in College Park?
College Park grades B for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 72% of Americans live. Theft makes up 44% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades C+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 622 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than College Park as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. College Park scores 622.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in College Park, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in College Park, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in College Park
Burglaries are less common than in most cities graded B for property crime. College Park has 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.7.
Theft is a strength. College Park grades B for property crime, but theft grades A-, better than in the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in College Park
Most of College Park grades well for property crime: 53% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across College Park run from B to D-.
53%42%
A or B 53%C 42%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in College Park?
Reported property crime in College Park has risen 50% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 17 to 25 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
College ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve College Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, College Park
Property, US
2016
+38%
+15%
2017
+27%
+12%
2018
+16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-7%
-8%
2021
-8%
-10%
2022
+23%
-6%
2023
+72%
-7%
2024
+50%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in College Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates College Park has about 27 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% more than the US as a whole and close to Maryland.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in College Park, about 44% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in College Park
The Prince George's County Police Department polices College Park, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In College Park, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 52% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in College Park and nearby cities
College Park has the least property crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from College Park. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, College Park is safer than 53% of them.
Transit, night lighting and walkability in College Park
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set College Park apart: it has 28 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and a Walk Grade of B- (49 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them; here theft sits near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for College Park: F (6 of 100).28 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.B- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.59% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 87% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.65 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs College Park
Property crime costs College Park about $8.0 million a year, or $208 per resident and about $686 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$420,000
$11
Theft
$2.3 million
$61
Vehicle theft
$2.5 million
$65
Arson
$8,800
under $1
Vandalism
$2.7 million
$71
Total
$8.0 million
$208
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
The Prince George's County Police Department publishes its own crime data
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
