The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Montgomery Village, MD
Montgomery Village is an unincorporated community of 34,600 in Montgomery County, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is Montgomery Village, MD safe?
Crime in Montgomery Village is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Montgomery Village. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Montgomery Village run from A to D-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 649 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Montgomery Village as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Montgomery Village scores 649.
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 Montgomery Village, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Montgomery Village, 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 Montgomery Village
Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Montgomery Village to work or shop: it has only 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.
The safest and least safe parts of Montgomery Village
Most of Montgomery Village grades well: 72% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 13% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Montgomery Village run from A to D-; 11% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
72%15%13%
A or B 72%C 15%D or F 13%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Montgomery Village, the northeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Montgomery Village
CrimeGrade™ estimates Montgomery Village has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 26% 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 Montgomery Village, about 36% 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.
How Montgomery Village compares with nearby cities
Montgomery Village has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Montgomery Village. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Montgomery Village has more crime than 57% of them.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in Montgomery Village
Two things set Montgomery Village apart: it has 4.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 94% 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. 60% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 80% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 92% 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 Montgomery Village: C- (29 of 100).14 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% 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.59% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 87% 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 Montgomery Village
Crime costs Montgomery Village about $1,024 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 15% 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 $37 million a year, or $1,081 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.9 million
$55
Rape
$1.0 million
$30
Robbery
$840,000
$24
Assault
$3.5 million
$101
Burglary
$490,000
$14
Theft
$2.0 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$51
Arson
$13,000
under $1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$30
Total
$13 million
$362
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 Montgomery Village 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 Montgomery Village, MD average a SchoolGrade of D: 27% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Montgomery Village on SchoolGrade
