Lansdowne is an unincorporated community of 7,870 in Baltimore County, about 4 miles southwest of downtown Baltimore · Updated November 2026
Is Lansdowne, MD safe?
Crime in Lansdowne is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Lansdowne. Violent crime grades C and property crime D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lansdowne run from C to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 371 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lansdowne as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lansdowne scores 371.
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 Lansdowne, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lansdowne, 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 Lansdowne
Car thefts run high. Lansdowne has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 9.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Lansdowne
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lansdowne has about 103 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 Lansdowne is assault, about 36% 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.
How Lansdowne compares with nearby cities
Lansdowne has more crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Linthicum and Catonsville have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Lansdowne
Two things set Lansdowne apart: it has 6.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 43% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 86% 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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 50% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.43% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 78% 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 Lansdowne: C- (27 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 73% 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 Lansdowne
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lansdowne about $2,790 a year per household, more than double 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 $23 million a year, or $2,874 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1,000,000
$127
Rape
$280,000
$36
Robbery
$540,000
$68
Assault
$3.1 million
$398
Burglary
$270,000
$34
Theft
$1.2 million
$156
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$139
Arson
$97,000
$12
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$132
Total
$8.7 million
$1,103
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 Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne, MD average a SchoolGrade of F: 16% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Lansdowne on SchoolGrade
