Silver Spring is an unincorporated community of 109,000 in Montgomery County, about 9 miles north of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Silver Spring?
Property crime is high in Silver Spring: a C-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Theft makes up 63% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades F.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 367 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Silver Spring as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Silver Spring scores 367.
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 Silver Spring, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Silver Spring, 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 Silver Spring
One part of Silver Spring stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Langley Park, in southeast Silver Spring, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Property crime in Silver Spring runs 33% above the US rate, but burglaries run 26% below it: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Silver Spring
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Silver Spring to the next: 29% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 50% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Silver Spring run from A to F.
29%21%50%
A or B 29%C 21%D or F 50%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1North Kensington & Forest Glen, northwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Silver Spring.B+696
2Hillandale, northeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Silver Spring.B-596
3Langley Park, southeastThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Silver Spring.F0
Neighborhood areas of Silver Spring, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Silver Spring
CrimeGrade™ estimates Silver Spring has about 32 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% 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 Silver Spring, about 63% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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.
Property crime in Silver Spring and nearby cities
Silver Spring has more property crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. South Kensington and Chevy Chase View have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Silver Spring. 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, Silver Spring has more property crime than 71% of them.
Transit, parking lots and walkability in Silver Spring
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Silver Spring apart: it has 77 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Silver Spring: C- (29 of 100).77 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 93% 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. 58% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.58% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 86% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% 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 70% 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 Silver Spring
Property crime costs Silver Spring about $25 million a year, or $233 per resident and about $570 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
$1.7 million
$16
Theft
$11 million
$102
Vehicle theft
$8.7 million
$80
Arson
$73,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.8 million
$34
Total
$25 million
$233
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
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.
