Crime in Uniontown, MD

Uniontown is a community of 184 in Carroll County, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Baltimore · Updated November 2026

Is Uniontown, MD safe?

Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Uniontown: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 908 of 1,000
Safer than most US neighborhoods What this means

70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Uniontown as a whole, and 30% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Uniontown scores 908.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 927 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods
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Property crimeSafety score 875 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Uniontown

Map of Uniontown shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Uniontown, MD at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Uniontown, 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


Crime rates and types in Uniontown

CrimeGrade™ estimates Uniontown has about 38 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.

Theft is the most common crime in Uniontown, about 40% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.050.05
RapeA+under 10.340.38
RobberyA+under 10.140.62
AssaultA29.612.3
Property crime
BurglaryA+under 12.02.4
TheftB+315.213.1
Vehicle theftA+under 12.52.7
ArsonA+under 10.100.12
VandalismA17.95.5

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 Uniontown compares with nearby cities

Uniontown has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Oldfield and Johnsville have the least crime nearby.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
UniontownA908A+A184
Taneytown 4 milesA886AA11,400
Union Bridge 6 milesA903AA5,240
Westminster 6 milesA847AA-60,100
New Windsor 7 milesA897AA6,590
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Johnsville 7 milesA+971A+A+242
Keymar 8 milesA+937A+A+2,840
Harney 8 milesA+928A+A41
Littlestown, PA 9 milesA+945A+A+10,900
Oldfield 10 milesA+973A+A+315
Germantown, PA 11 milesA+964A+A+445

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Uniontown. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Uniontown has more crime than 96% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
UniontownA908A+A184
Mizpah, MNA+996A+A+184
Lamb, KYA+990A+A+184
Belvidere, SDA+990A+A+184
Lower Granville, VTA+986A+A+184
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Pine Valley, INA+979A+A+184
Spring Garden, MOA+979A+A+184
Cicero, KSA+978A+A+184
Boulder Oaks, CAA+960A+A+184
Weekstown, NJA+956A+A+184
Childs, PAA+952A+A+184

What crime costs Uniontown

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Uniontown about $1,102 a year per household, 9% 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 $270,000 a year, or $1,461 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$18,000$95
Rape$3,800$20
Robbery$790$4
Assault$23,000$127
Burglary$3,400$18
Theft$14,000$78
Vehicle theft$7,100$39
Arson$440$2
Vandalism$10,000$56
Total$81,000$440

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 Uniontown 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. Uniontown is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Uniontown

Schools in Uniontown, MD average a SchoolGrade of B+: 42% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Uniontown on SchoolGrade