Lake Arbor, MD Property Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	D+
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$1.56 million

Cost of Crime™ for Lake Arbor, MD

In 2025, property crime will cost $304 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Lake Arbor 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 D+ grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Lake Arbor against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Lake Arbor sits in the 25th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 25% of cities and behind 75%. The grade covers only Lake Arbor's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Lake Arbor is 18.92 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northeast part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 21 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 180 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Lake Arbor, MD report the most property crime, about 88 cases per year. The central part reports the fewest, around 2 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Lake Arbor, MD

Property crime in Lake Arbor is projected to cost $1,557,558 in 2025, about $133 per resident and $304 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): 65.3%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 29.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.4%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Lake Arbor Compared to Other Cities?

Lake Arbor, MD:	$133
Rosedale, MD:	$334
Linganore, MD:	$32
Maryland:	$130
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $133 per resident each year in Lake Arbor, which is $3 less than the national average and $2 more than Maryland's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Lake Arbor:

In Rosedale, MD, crime costs $334 per person, which is $201 more than in Lake Arbor.
In Linganore, MD, crime costs $32 per person, which is $101 less than in Lake Arbor

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Lake Arbor	Cost per Lake Arbor Resident
Vehicle Theft	$505,622	$43
Burglary	$131,176	$11
Theft	$903,684	$77
Arson	$17,076	$1
Total Cost of Property Crime	$1,557,558	$133

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 Lake Arbor, 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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Lake Arbor 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 Lake Arbor residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	14.85
Vehicle Theft	2.779
Burglary	1.231
Arson	0.0602
Total Property Crime	18.92 (D+)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Lake Arbor is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Lake Arbor.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Largo, MD	C+	C	B
Kettering, MD	B	B-	B
Summerfield, MD	C-	D+	C
Mitchellville, MD	B-	C+	B
Glenarden, MD	C-	C	C
Landover, MD	D	D	D+
Capitol Heights, MD	D	F	D+
Seat Pleasant, MD	F	F	D
Landover Hills, MD	C	C	C
Upper Marlboro, MD	B	B-	B-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Lake Arbor is higher 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
Park Hills, MO	D	D-	D-
Newcastle, OK	B-	B-	B-
Newport Coast, CA	C-	C-	C-
Nine Mile Falls, WA	B	B+	B+
Oakland, TN	C	C	C
Oberlin, OH	C-	C	C
Ocean City, NJ	B	C	C
Olney, IL	B	B-	B-
Ontario, NY	A+	A-	A-
Orosi, CA	D	D-	D-

Considering only the property crime rate, Lake Arbor is as safe as the Maryland state average and as safe as the national average.

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