The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gambrills, MD
Gambrills is an unincorporated community of 17,800 in Anne Arundel County, about 18 miles south of downtown Baltimore · Updated November 2026
Is Gambrills, MD safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Gambrills is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Gambrills sits near the middle: 55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gambrills run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 861 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gambrills as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gambrills scores 861.
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 Gambrills, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gambrills, 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 Gambrills
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Gambrills has 1.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
The safest and least safe parts of Gambrills
Every part of Gambrills where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Gambrills run from A+ to B+; 74% 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 Gambrills, the southeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Gambrills
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gambrills has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% less than the US as a whole and 21% 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.
Theft makes up about 50% of crime reported in Gambrills. Assault is less common but 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 Gambrills compares with nearby cities
Gambrills has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Davidsonville and Crownsville have less.
Two things set Gambrills apart: it has 1.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 18.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.18.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 95% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 77% 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.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% 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 Gambrills: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 60% 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 Gambrills
Crime costs Gambrills about $873 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% 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 $793 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$520,000
$29
Rape
$260,000
$15
Robbery
$250,000
$14
Assault
$1.9 million
$108
Burglary
$170,000
$10
Theft
$1.5 million
$83
Vehicle theft
$510,000
$29
Arson
$15,000
$1
Vandalism
$390,000
$22
Total
$5.5 million
$310
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 Gambrills 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 Gambrills, MD average a SchoolGrade of A: 50% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Gambrills on SchoolGrade
