The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bowie, MD: Crime Maps and Statistics

B+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	B-
Property Crime Grade	B+
Other Crime Grade	B-

Which crimes are included?

$42.8 million

Cost of Crime™ for Bowie, MD

In 2025, crime will cost $1,430 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Bowie with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Bowie, MD Safe?

The B+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Bowie's combined rate is lower than the norm. Bowie sits in the 73rd percentile, ahead of 73% of cities and behind 27%. The grade covers only Bowie's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Bowie is 17.38 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 40 in the southeast neighborhoods to 1 in 76 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of Bowie, MD report the most crime, about 377 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 38 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Bowie, MD

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Bowie for 2025 is $42,759,227, about $506 per resident and $1,430 per household. That equals 0.8% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 44.3%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 43.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.1%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Bowie Compared to Other Cities?

Bowie, MD:	$506
Seat Pleasant, MD:	$1315
Cape St. Claire, MD:	$184
Maryland:	$531
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Bowie is $506 per year, which is $41 more than the national average and $26 less than Maryland's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Bowie:

In Seat Pleasant, MD, crime costs $1,315 per person, which is $810 more than in Bowie.
In Cape St. Claire, MD, crime costs $184 per person, which is $322 less than in Bowie

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Bowie for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Bowie	Cost per Bowie Resident
Murder	$26.0 million	$307
Rape/Sexual Assault	$2.55 million	$30
Robbery	$1.80 million	$21
Assault	$3.04 million	$36
Kidnapping	$72,241	$1
Vehicle Theft	$1.95 million	$23
Burglary	$735,630	$9
Theft	$2.50 million	$30
Arson	$94,444	$1
Vandalism	$2.16 million	$26
Animal Cruelty	$57,333	$1
Drug Crimes	$1.57 million	$19
Identity Theft	$255,530	$3
Total Cost of Crime	$42,759,227	$506

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Bowie, MD

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Bowie totals $185,611,691 ($2,195 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $228,370,918 ($2,700 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The southeast part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Bowie has 12, do the same, and of Bowie's 84,577 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Bowie Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Bowie residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.252
Robbery	0.6783
Rape	0.4963
Murder	0.1634
Total Violent Crime	2.590 (B-)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	5.704
Vehicle Theft	1.491
Burglary	0.9590
Arson	0.0462
Total Property Crime	8.200 (B+)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.0141
Drug Crimes	2.509
Vandalism	3.583
Identity Theft	0.3903
Animal Cruelty	0.0916
Total "Other" Rate	6.588 (B-)

Individual Bowie Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Glenn Dale, MD	A	B+	A
High Bridge Estates, MD	A+	A	A+
Mitchellville, MD	B-	C+	B
Kettering, MD	B	B-	B
Patuxent, MD	A	A-	A-
Lake Arbor, MD	D	D+	D+
Lanham, MD	C-	C-	C
Seabrook, MD	C	C	B-
Crofton, MD	A-	A	B+
Glenarden, MD	C-	C	C

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Bowie is lower versus other cities of the same size for 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
Daly City, CA	C	C-	C-
Cypress, TX	B-	C+	C+
Denton, TX	C-	C-	C-
Deerfield Beach, FL	B-	C	C
Des Plaines, IL	B-	B+	B+
Delray Beach, FL	B+	B-	B-
Chula Vista, CA	C	C	C
Charleston, SC	D-	D	D
Charlotte, NC	D	D+	D+
Charlottesville, VA	D+	B	B

Considering only the crime rate, Bowie is safer than the Maryland state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Bowie, MD average SchoolGrade of D, with 25% actual proficiency versus 30% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Bowie schools on SchoolGrade

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