The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Oxon Hill, MD
Oxon Hill is an unincorporated community of 20,200 in Prince George's County, about 8 miles south of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is Oxon Hill, MD safe?
Crime in Oxon Hill is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Oxon Hill. Violent crime grades B and property crime C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Oxon Hill run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 567 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oxon Hill as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oxon Hill scores 567.
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 Oxon Hill, MD at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oxon Hill, 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 Oxon Hill
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Oxon Hill runs at about double the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 26% below it: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Car thefts run high for a B-graded city. Oxon Hill has 10.0 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.9.
The safest and least safe parts of Oxon Hill
Safety changes a lot from one part of Oxon Hill to the next: 49% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 25% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Oxon Hill run from A- to F; every part of Oxon Hill has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
49%26%25%
A or B 49%C 26%D or F 25%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Oxon Hill, the southwest side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Crime rates and types in Oxon Hill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oxon Hill has about 75 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 82% more 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 Oxon Hill, about 54% 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 Oxon Hill compares with nearby cities
Oxon Hill has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Oxon Hill
Two things set Oxon Hill apart: it has 22.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.22.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% of US city residents
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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 Oxon Hill: D- (8 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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.31% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% 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 Oxon Hill
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Oxon Hill about $2,127 a year per household, 76% 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 $52 million a year, or $2,592 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.4 million
$217
Rape
$350,000
$17
Robbery
$1.5 million
$76
Assault
$1.9 million
$94
Burglary
$400,000
$20
Theft
$4.2 million
$210
Vehicle theft
$3.1 million
$153
Arson
$7,600
under $1
Vandalism
$1.7 million
$84
Total
$18 million
$873
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 Oxon Hill 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 Oxon Hill, MD average a SchoolGrade of D-: 21% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Oxon Hill on SchoolGrade
