Bowleys Quarters is an unincorporated community of 7,080 in Baltimore County, about 12 miles east of downtown Baltimore · Updated November 2026
Is Bowleys Quarters, MD safe?
Yes, crime in Bowleys Quarters is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Bowleys Quarters sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 40% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bowleys Quarters run from A to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 781 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bowleys Quarters as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bowleys Quarters scores 781.
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 Bowleys Quarters, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bowleys Quarters, 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 Bowleys Quarters
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Bowleys Quarters has 2.2.
Crime rates and types in Bowleys Quarters
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bowleys Quarters has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 16% less than 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Bowleys Quarters, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Bowleys Quarters compares with nearby cities
Bowleys Quarters has less crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities; only Joppatowne and White Marsh have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bowleys Quarters. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Bowleys Quarters has more crime than 75% of them.
Two things set Bowleys Quarters apart: it has 4.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 92% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 92% 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.37% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 74% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 67% 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 Bowleys Quarters
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bowleys Quarters about $894 a year per household, 26% less 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 $6.3 million a year, or $885 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$230,000
$33
Rape
$75,000
$11
Robbery
$45,000
$6
Assault
$990,000
$139
Burglary
$97,000
$14
Theft
$440,000
$61
Vehicle theft
$240,000
$33
Arson
$120,000
$16
Vandalism
$250,000
$36
Total
$2.5 million
$349
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 Bowleys Quarters 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 Bowleys Quarters, MD average a SchoolGrade of D-: 23% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bowleys Quarters on SchoolGrade
