Highlandtown, Baltimore, MD Property Crime Rates and Maps
Highlandtown is a neighborhood of 10,900 residents in Baltimore, about 2 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Highlandtown?
Property crime is high in Highlandtown: an F, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Theft makes up 48% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades D, and vehicle theft grades F. Baltimore as a whole grades F for property crime.
F
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Highlandtown as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Highlandtown scores 0.
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 Highlandtown, Baltimore, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Highlandtown in Baltimore, 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 Highlandtown
Burglary stands out among neighborhoods graded F for property crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded F for property crime, the figure is 3.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Highlandtown has 9.7.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Baltimore as a whole, 72% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Highlandtown compares within Baltimore
High property crime is widespread across Highlandtown: 79% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Highlandtown run from C- to F.
21%79%
C 21%D or F 79%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Highlandtown has less property crime than 26 of the 55 neighborhoods in Baltimore. It covers much of the Canton, Highlandtown, and Fells Point areas.
Is property crime going up in Baltimore?
Reported property crime in Baltimore as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 4%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 43 to 42 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 19%.
Property crime, change since 2019
BaltimoreUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Baltimore. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Baltimore
Property, US
2016
+11%
+15%
2017
+14%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-27%
-8%
2021
-34%
-10%
2022
-22%
-6%
2023
+18%
-7%
2024
-4%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Highlandtown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Highlandtown has about 76 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 37% more than Baltimore 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 Highlandtown, about 48% 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 Baltimore
The Baltimore Police Department polices Highlandtown; these figures cover Baltimore as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Baltimore as a whole, 70% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 72% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (70%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (72%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (72%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Highlandtown and nearby neighborhoods
Highlandtown has more property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Locust Point and Canton have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Highlandtown. 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, Highlandtown has more property crime than 72% of them.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Highlandtown
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Highlandtown apart: it has 16.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 21.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.16.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.21.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% 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. 86% of residents here live in walkable areas.A (81 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Highlandtown: C (40 of 100).31 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 79% 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 Highlandtown
Property crime costs Highlandtown about $6.4 million a year, or $590 per resident and about $1,281 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.
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
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.
