Mount Rainier, MD Property Crime Rates and Maps

D+

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	C-
Other Crime Grade	D+

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$1.28 million

Cost of Crime™ for Mount Rainier, MD

In 2025, property crime will cost $301 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier against the average US city, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Mount Rainier sits in the 34th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 34% of cities and behind 66%. The grade covers only Mount Rainier's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Mount Rainier is 15.95 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the central part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 44 in the southeast neighborhoods to 1 in 98 in the central.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Mount Rainier, MD report the most property crime, about 55 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 1 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Mount Rainier, MD

Property crime in Mount Rainier is projected to cost $1,284,760 in 2025, about $129 per resident and $301 per household. That equals 0.3% 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): 59.2%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 35.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.7%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Mount Rainier Compared to Other Cities?

Mount Rainier, MD:	$129
Rosedale, MD:	$334
Linganore, MD:	$32
Maryland:	$130
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $129 per resident each year in Mount Rainier, which is $7 less than the national average and $1 less than Maryland's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Mount Rainier:

In Rosedale, MD, crime costs $334 per person, which is $205 more than in Mount Rainier.
In Linganore, MD, crime costs $32 per person, which is $97 less than in Mount Rainier

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Mount Rainier	Cost per Mount Rainier Resident
Vehicle Theft	$570,685	$57
Burglary	$164,014	$16
Theft	$534,520	$54
Arson	$15,540	$2
Total Cost of Property Crime	$1,284,760	$129

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 Mount Rainier, 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 southeast 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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Mount Rainier 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 Mount Rainier residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	10.37
Vehicle Theft	3.702
Burglary	1.816
Arson	0.0646
Total Property Crime	15.95 (C-)

Individual Mount Rainier Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Mount Rainier is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Mount Rainier.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Brentwood, MD	C-	D	C
North Brentwood, MD	D+	D	C-
Cottage City, MD	D-	F	D
Colmar Manor, MD	F	F	F
Chillum, MD	D	D	D+
Hyattsville, MD	C-	D	C
Edmonston, MD	D-	D-	D
University Park, MD	C+	C-	C+
Riverdale Park, MD	D	D-	C-
Bladensburg, MD	C-	D	C

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Mount Rainier 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
Harrisburg, IL	C-	B-	B-
Sleepy Hollow, NY	B+	D+	D+
Skowhegan, ME	B-	A	A
Skidaway Island, GA	A	A	A
Sioux Center, IA	B	B+	B+
Sinton, TX	D	D-	D-
Silver Springs, FL	A+	B+	B+
Shiprock, NM	F	D-	D-
Sheridan, AR	D+	D+	D+
Shelley, ID	B-	C+	C+

Considering only the property crime rate, Mount Rainier is as safe as the Maryland state average and safer than the national average.

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