Takoma Park is a neighborhood of 5,160 residents in Washington, about 6 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Takoma Park in Washington safe?
Crime in Takoma Park 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 Takoma Park. Violent and property crime both grade C+ here. Washington as a whole grades F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Takoma Park run from B+ to D+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 512 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Takoma Park as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Takoma Park scores 512.
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 Takoma Park, Washington, DC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Takoma Park in Washington, 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 Takoma Park
Robberies run high for a C-graded neighborhood. Takoma Park has 3.5 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a C-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.3.
Car thefts run high. Takoma Park has car thefts at about double the US rate: 5.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Takoma Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Takoma Park has about 62 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 67% more than the US as a whole and 32% less than Washington as a whole.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Takoma Park, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Takoma Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
Takoma Park has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Tree cover, density and walkability in Takoma Park
Two things set Takoma Park apart: it has tree cover over 34% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.34% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.C+ (44 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Takoma Park: D+ (22 of 100).51 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Takoma Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Takoma Park about $2,045 a year per household, 70% 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 $9.6 million a year, or $1,858 per resident.
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 Takoma Park 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 Takoma Park, Washington, DC average a SchoolGrade of A+: 42% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Takoma Park on SchoolGrade
