The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hagerstown, MD
Hagerstown is a city of 80,800 in Washington County and the main city of the Hagerstown metro area, home to 302,600 · Updated November 2026
Is Hagerstown, MD safe?
Crime in Hagerstown is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Hagerstown. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hagerstown run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 760 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hagerstown as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hagerstown scores 760.
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 Hagerstown, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hagerstown, 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 Hagerstown
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hagerstown, 58% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Robberies run high. Hagerstown has robberies at about double the US rate: 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hagerstown
In Hagerstown, 79% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 4% in areas graded C and 17% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Hagerstown run from A+ to F; 48% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
79%17%
A or B 79%C 4%D or F 17%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hagerstown, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Hagerstown?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hagerstown is up 31%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.5 to 7.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 25 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HagerstownUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hagerstown. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hagerstown
Violent, US
Property, Hagerstown
Property, US
2016
+7%
+4%
+32%
+15%
2017
+16%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
+20%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+28%
+6%
-5%
-10%
2022
+32%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
+29%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
+31%
-4%
+1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hagerstown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hagerstown has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and 15% 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 is the most common crime in Hagerstown, about 31% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Hagerstown
Hagerstown has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hagerstown, 74% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (74%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 Hagerstown compares with nearby cities
Hagerstown has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Hagerstown looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 70% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 66% of US city residents
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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
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.86% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 65% 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 Hagerstown: F (4 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 64% 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 Hagerstown
Crime costs Hagerstown about $1,256 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $136 million a year, or $1,685 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.9 million
$111
Rape
$2.2 million
$27
Robbery
$3.3 million
$40
Assault
$11 million
$134
Burglary
$2.3 million
$29
Theft
$4.4 million
$55
Vehicle theft
$3.6 million
$45
Arson
$150,000
$2
Vandalism
$3.5 million
$43
Total
$39 million
$485
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 Hagerstown 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 Hagerstown, MD average a SchoolGrade of B: 40% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Hagerstown on SchoolGrade
