The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Beltsville, MD
Beltsville is an unincorporated community of 29,900 in Prince George's County, about 12 miles northeast of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is Beltsville, MD safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Beltsville has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Beltsville run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 687 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
30% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Beltsville as a whole, and 70% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Beltsville scores 687.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Beltsville, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Beltsville, 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 in Beltsville
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. Beltsville has 1.1 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
Vehicle theft at more than double the US rate. Beltsville has 6.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Beltsville
Low crime is the norm across Beltsville: 66% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Beltsville run from A- to F; every part of Beltsville has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
66%30%
A or B 66%C 30%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Beltsville, the east side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in Beltsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Beltsville has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Maryland.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Beltsville, about 37% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Beltsville compares with nearby cities
Beltsville has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Beltsville apart: it has 81 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.81 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% 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 and assault. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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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 78% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Beltsville: F (6 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 77% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 72% 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 crime costs Beltsville
Crime costs Beltsville about $1,470 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 22% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $49 million a year, or $1,643 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.4 million
$146
Rape
$420,000
$14
Robbery
$1.0 million
$35
Assault
$1.5 million
$52
Burglary
$420,000
$14
Theft
$2.2 million
$72
Vehicle theft
$3.0 million
$99
Arson
$6,200
under $1
Vandalism
$2.3 million
$78
Total
$15 million
$510
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Beltsville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Beltsville, MD average a SchoolGrade of D-: 24% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Beltsville on SchoolGrade
