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

Crime per Capita in Easton

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Easton. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Easton, MD Map of Crime Rates
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D-

Overall Crime Grade™

C-
D+
Other Crime Grade
F

$10.8 million

Cost of Crime™ for Easton, MD

In 2025, crime will cost $1,107 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Easton 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 Easton, MD Safe?

The D- overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Easton's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Easton sits in the 15th percentile, ahead of 15% of cities and behind 85%. The grade covers only Easton's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Easton is 42.86 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 16 in the north neighborhoods to 1 in 43 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of Easton, MD report the most crime, about 197 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 39 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Easton, MD

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Easton for 2025 is $10,800,478, about $475 per resident and $1,107 per household. That equals 1.0% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 64.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 23.4%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.1%

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

Easton, MD: $475
Seat Pleasant, MD: $1315
Cape St. Claire, MD: $184
Maryland: $531
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Easton is $475 per year, which is $11 more than the national average and $56 less than Maryland's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Easton:
  • In Seat Pleasant, MD, crime costs $1,315 per person, which is $840 more than in Easton.
  • In Cape St. Claire, MD, crime costs $184 per person, which is $291 less than in Easton

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Easton for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Easton
Cost per Easton Resident
Murder
$1.57 million
$69
Rape/Sexual Assault
$913,853
$40
Robbery
$535,766
$24
Assault
$1.33 million
$58
Kidnapping
$27,277
$1
Vehicle Theft
$806,082
$35
Burglary
$430,766
$19
Theft
$1.55 million
$68
Arson
$69,817
$3
Vandalism
$2.43 million
$107
Animal Cruelty
$25,387
$1
Drug Crimes
$900,266
$40
Identity Theft
$213,280
$9
Total Cost of Crime
$10,800,478
$475

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Easton, 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 Easton totals $15,453,906 ($680 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $26,254,383 ($1,156 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 central 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 Easton has 11, do the same, and of Easton's 22,718 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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Easton 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 Easton residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
2.036
Robbery
0.7497
Rape
0.6634
Murder
0.0368
Total Violent Crime
3.486 (C-)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
13.16
Vehicle Theft
2.291
Burglary
2.091
Arson
0.1273
Total Property Crime
17.67 (D+)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.0198
Drug Crimes
5.357
Vandalism
14.96
Identity Theft
1.213
Animal Cruelty
0.1511
Total "Other" Rate
21.70 (F)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
A-
B-
D+
C+
C
D
D+
C
D+
B-
C
C+
B
B+
B+
B+
B+
B
D+
A-
C
A-
C+
C+
B+
B-
A-
C+
A

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Easton is higher 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
A
A
A
B
A-
A-
D-
C-
C-
C
C+
C+
B-
B-
B-
B
A-
A-
C+
A+
A+
C-
D+
D+
D+
B
B
C-
D
D

Considering only the crime rate, Easton is less safe than the Maryland state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Easton, MD average SchoolGrade of C, with 36% actual proficiency versus 41% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Easton schools on SchoolGrade

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