North Brentwood is a town of 639 in Prince George's County, about 6 miles northeast of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is North Brentwood, MD safe?
North Brentwood is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, C against F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 54 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than North Brentwood as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. North Brentwood scores 54.
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 North Brentwood, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Brentwood, 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 North Brentwood
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In North Brentwood, 52% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
Crime rates and types in North Brentwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Brentwood has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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.
Vandalism is the most common crime in North Brentwood, about 53% 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.
Where and when crime happens in North Brentwood
The Prince George's County Police Department polices North Brentwood, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In North Brentwood, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 54% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (41%)
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 North Brentwood compares with nearby cities
North Brentwood has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. University Park and Riverdale Park have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from North Brentwood. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, North Brentwood has more crime than 98% of them.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs North Brentwood about $2,984 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 $2.8 million a year, or $4,448 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$330,000
$518
Rape
$9,700
$15
Robbery
$43,000
$67
Assault
$46,000
$72
Burglary
$6,300
$10
Theft
$13,000
$21
Vehicle theft
$60,000
$93
Arson
$970
$2
Vandalism
$92,000
$145
Total
$600,000
$942
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 North Brentwood 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
The Prince George's County Police Department publishes its own crime data
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 North Brentwood, 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 North Brentwood on SchoolGrade
