The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Chestertown, MD
Chestertown is a town of 11,200 in Kent County, about 30 miles east of downtown Baltimore · Updated November 2026
Is Chestertown, MD safe?
Yes, crime in Chestertown is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Chestertown sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Chestertown run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 876 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Chestertown as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Chestertown scores 876.
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 Chestertown, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Chestertown, 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 Chestertown
Acts of vandalism run above the US rate. Chestertown has less crime than the US as a whole, 16% below the US rate, but more acts of vandalism: 7.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Chestertown
Every part of Chestertown where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Chestertown run from A+ to B+; 48% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Chestertown, the southeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Chestertown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Chestertown has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 24% 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 Chestertown, about 38% 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 Chestertown compares with nearby cities
Chestertown has the most crime of its 1 nearest cities.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Chestertown
Two things set Chestertown apart: it has 43% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 15.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places whose neighborhoods are dark at night tend to report less theft and vandalism, and theft runs low here.
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.43% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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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 Chestertown: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 68% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.53 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% 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 Chestertown
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Chestertown about $984 a year per household, 18% 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 $14 million a year, or $1,282 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$880,000
$79
Rape
$270,000
$24
Robbery
$92,000
$8
Assault
$1.5 million
$137
Burglary
$130,000
$12
Theft
$530,000
$47
Vehicle theft
$160,000
$15
Arson
$16,000
$1
Vandalism
$570,000
$51
Total
$4.2 million
$374
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 Chestertown 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 Chestertown, MD average a SchoolGrade of C-: 32% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Chestertown on SchoolGrade
