Downtown Frederick, Frederick, MD Property Crime Rates and Maps
Downtown Frederick is a neighborhood of 4,430 residents in Frederick, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Downtown Frederick?
Property crime in Downtown Frederick runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C, and vehicle theft grades B. Frederick as a whole grades A for property crime.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 663 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Downtown Frederick as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Frederick scores 663.
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 Downtown Frederick, Frederick, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Frederick in Frederick, 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 Downtown Frederick
Burglary is the exception. Downtown Frederick grades B for property crime, but burglary grades C, worse than in the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live.
Property crime rates and types in Downtown Frederick
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Frederick has about 41 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 72% more than the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Frederick as a whole.
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 Downtown Frederick, about 60% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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 Frederick
The Frederick Police Department polices Downtown Frederick; these figures cover Frederick as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Frederick as a whole, 58% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (58%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (30%)
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 Downtown Frederick and nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Downtown Frederick, 9 have less property crime. Ashburn Farm and Darnestown have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Frederick. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Frederick is safer than 80% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Downtown Frederick apart: it has 64.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 221 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.64.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.221 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 88% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (85 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Show all 4
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Downtown Frederick: C (35 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Downtown Frederick
Property crime costs Downtown Frederick about $1.2 million a year, or $272 per resident and about $625 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 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. Downtown Frederick is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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.
