The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Cumberland, MD
Cumberland is a city of 30,900 in Allegany County, about 45 miles west of downtown Martinsburg · Updated November 2026
Is Cumberland, MD safe?
Crime in Cumberland is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Cumberland. Violent and property crime both grade B- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Cumberland run from A to D-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 608 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cumberland as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cumberland scores 608.
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 Cumberland, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cumberland, 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 Cumberland
Theft stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 15.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Cumberland has 37.0.
Burglaries run high. Cumberland has burglaries at more than double the US rate: 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Cumberland
In Cumberland, 60% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 25% in areas graded C and 15% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Cumberland run from A to D-; 7% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
60%25%15%
A or B 60%C 25%D or F 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1White Oaks, southeastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Cumberland.B+723
2West Side & The Dingle, westClose to the rest of Cumberland on most crimes.B634
3Rolling Mills, eastThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Cumberland.B-599
4Olde North End, northBurglaries run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Cumberland.C441
Neighborhood areas of Cumberland, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Cumberland?
Reported crime in Cumberland has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 41% and property crime down 13%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.8 to 4.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 45 to 39 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 25%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CumberlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Cumberland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Cumberland
Violent, US
Property, Cumberland
Property, US
2016
+14%
+4%
+36%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
+40%
+12%
2018
-4%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-17%
-8%
2021
-7%
+6%
-25%
-10%
2022
-22%
+5%
-25%
-6%
2023
-22%
+2%
-5%
-7%
2024
-41%
-4%
-13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Cumberland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cumberland has about 97 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Cumberland is assault, about 38% of the total. It also makes up 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.
Where and when crime happens in Cumberland
Cumberland has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Cumberland, 81% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 38% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (81%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Cumberland compares with nearby cities
Cumberland has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Two things set Cumberland apart: it has 15.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 15.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher 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.71% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 77% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.55 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 69% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 61% 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 Cumberland
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Cumberland about $2,237 a year per household, 86% 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 $80 million a year, or $2,603 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.4 million
$143
Rape
$980,000
$32
Robbery
$880,000
$29
Assault
$11 million
$369
Burglary
$1.6 million
$52
Theft
$5.9 million
$190
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$54
Arson
$270,000
$9
Vandalism
$2.6 million
$85
Total
$30 million
$962
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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland, MD average a SchoolGrade of B: 39% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Cumberland on SchoolGrade
