What is the crime rate in Baltimore?

Baltimore reports approximately 1606 violent crimes and 4157 property crimes per 100,000 residents based on the most recent public data.

Does Baltimore have flood risk?

SafeNest evaluates flood risk at the address level. For Baltimore, federal records show 10 FEMA flood disaster declarations for Maryland, most recently in 2018; a specific address may still sit inside or outside a FEMA flood zone, which the SafeNest app checks directly.

Is Baltimore, MD Safe in 2024? Crime Rates, Flood Risk & Schools

Q: Is Baltimore, MD safe?

Baltimore records 1606 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 322% above the US national average of 381. Overall SafeNest grade: F, a city-wide average. Crime varies widely block to block within any city, so a city grade cannot describe a specific street.

Crime in Baltimore vs. the national average

Baltimore reports 1,606 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 322% above the U.S. average of 381, and 4,157 property crimes per 100k versus a national 1,954 (113% above). In the most recent FBI reporting year (2024), the violent crime rate rose 2.1% year over year, a pattern SafeNest classifies as volatile.

	Baltimore	US average
Violent crime (per 100k)	1606	381
Property crime (per 100k)	4157	1954

City-wide averages hide block-by-block variation — the safest and least safe neighborhoods in Baltimore can differ dramatically. For a specific address, run a free SafeNest search.

Flood & natural hazard risk

Federal disaster records for Maryland — the state SafeNest uses for Baltimore's flood context — list 10 FEMA flood disaster declarations between 1962 and 2018, most recently "Severe Storm And Flooding". Maryland has also seen 9 hurricane or tropical-storm declarations, events that frequently drive flooding. These are state-level federal declarations, not a parcel-level flood-zone determination — a specific Baltimore address may sit inside or well outside a FEMA flood zone, which the SafeNest app checks directly by address.

Schools in Baltimore

Public schools in Baltimore average 3.8/10 on the SafeNest School Score across 269 rated schools. By level, elementary schools rate strongest at 3.8/10 on average, while middle schools average 3.3/10. The highest-scoring is The Green School of Baltimore at 7.1/10.

Registered offenders

Registered-offender data is meaningful only at the address level, so SafeNest does not publish a city-wide figure for Baltimore: a single citywide number would blend blocks with very different profiles and mislead more than it informs. Exact counts and locations for any specific Baltimore address are available in the SafeNest app, drawn directly from the state's public registry.

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Data compiled from public sources including FBI crime statistics, FEMA flood maps, NCES education data, and state registries. Last updated 2026-07-12. Figures are city-level estimates; verify with primary sources before making decisions. SafeNest is not a consumer reporting agency (see Terms).