The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Brooklyn Park, MD
Brooklyn Park is an unincorporated community of 16,000 in Anne Arundel County, about 5 miles south of downtown Baltimore · Updated November 2026
Is Brooklyn Park, MD safe?
Brooklyn Park is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C and property crime D-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Brooklyn Park run from B to F, so check the map below.
D+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 304 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brooklyn Park as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brooklyn Park scores 304.
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 Brooklyn Park, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brooklyn Park, 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 Brooklyn Park
Thefts run high for a D-graded city. Brooklyn Park has 42.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a D-graded US city, the figure is 17.2.
Robbery at more than triple the US rate. Brooklyn Park has 2.4 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Brooklyn Park
In Brooklyn Park, 10% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 43% in areas graded C and 47% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Brooklyn Park run from B to F; every part of Brooklyn Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
10%43%47%
A or B 10%C 43%D or F 47%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Brooklyn Park, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Brooklyn Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brooklyn Park has about 101 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for 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 Brooklyn Park, about 42% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Brooklyn Park compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Brooklyn Park, 6 have less crime. Linthicum and Arbutus have the least.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Brooklyn Park
Two things set Brooklyn Park apart: it has 15 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 47% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 93% 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 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. 54% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% 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 robbery and car theft.47% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower 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 Brooklyn Park: D+ (19 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 73% 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 Brooklyn Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Brooklyn Park about $2,909 a year per household, more than double 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 $40 million a year, or $2,522 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$90
Rape
$430,000
$27
Robbery
$1.2 million
$74
Assault
$5.5 million
$347
Burglary
$590,000
$37
Theft
$3.5 million
$216
Vehicle theft
$2.2 million
$136
Arson
$81,000
$5
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$88
Total
$16 million
$1,020
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 Brooklyn Park 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 Brooklyn Park, MD average a SchoolGrade of D-: 22% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Brooklyn Park on SchoolGrade
