The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Carrollton, MD
New Carrollton is a city of 16,500 in Prince George's County, about 10 miles northeast of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is New Carrollton, MD safe?
Crime in New Carrollton is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 81% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than New Carrollton. Violent crime grades B and property crime D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within New Carrollton run from B- to F, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 513 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Carrollton as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Carrollton scores 513.
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 New Carrollton, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Carrollton, 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 New Carrollton
Burglary is a strength. New Carrollton grades D+ for property crime, but burglary grades A.
Simple assaults are uncommon. New Carrollton has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of New Carrollton
Safety changes a lot from one part of New Carrollton to the next: 38% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 41% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across New Carrollton run from B- to F; every part of New Carrollton has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
38%21%41%
A or B 38%C 21%D or F 41%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within New Carrollton, the north side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in New Carrollton?
Reported crime in New Carrollton has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 13% and property crime up 27%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 3.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 25% and property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
New CarrolltonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves New Carrollton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, New Carrollton
Violent, US
Property, New Carrollton
Property, US
2016
+66%
+4%
+26%
+15%
2017
+29%
+4%
+55%
+12%
2018
+20%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
-3%
-10%
2022
+24%
+5%
+26%
-6%
2023
+51%
+2%
+64%
-7%
2024
+13%
-4%
+27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in New Carrollton
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Carrollton has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% less than the US as a whole and 25% 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 New Carrollton, about 32% of everything reported.
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 New Carrollton compares with nearby cities
New Carrollton has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set New Carrollton apart: it has 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% 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. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of US city residents
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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
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 New Carrollton: D+ (20 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 89% 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 New Carrollton
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs New Carrollton about $1,385 a year per household, 15% more 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 $23 million a year, or $1,381 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$102
Rape
$250,000
$15
Robbery
$630,000
$38
Aggravated assault
$800,000
$49
Simple assault
$240,000
$15
Burglary
$180,000
$11
Theft
$840,000
$51
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$92
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$980,000
$59
Total
$7.1 million
$433
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 New Carrollton 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. New Carrollton is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 New Carrollton, MD average a SchoolGrade of D-: 21% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in New Carrollton on SchoolGrade
