Crime Statistics

The crime statistics for the City of Takoma Park are extracted from the Police Record Management System (eJustice System). The same data are also provided to the Maryland State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and integrated in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

Community Crime Map

Crime mapping helps the public get a better idea of the crime activity in their area so they can make more informed decisions about how to stay safe.

The Takoma Park Police Department Annual Reports are available here:

Quarterly Crime Statistics:

1st Quarter 2022: Overall, Part 1 crimes are down by 11.47% (from 218 to 193 reported crimes) compared to the 1st Quarter of 2021. The City has seen a decrease in several Part 1 crimes: Homicide is down by 66.67% (from 3 to 1 reported crimes), Rape is down by 66.67% (from 3 to 1 reported crimes), Robbery is down by 42.86% (from 14 to 8 reported crimes), Auto Theft is down by 31.82% (from 22 to 15 reported crimes), and Theft From Auto is down by 42.71% (from 96 to 55 reported crimes).

However, Assaults have increased by 475% (from 4 to 23 reported crimes) in the 1st Quarter of 2022, compared to that in 2021, and Larceny has increased by 23.33% (from 60 to 74 reported crimes) in the 1st Quarter of 2022, compared to the 1st Quarter in 2021. There was also an increase in overall crime in Ward 3 and Ward 4 compared to last year’s 1st Quarter. Ward 3 increased by 21.88% (from 32 to 39 reported crimes) and ward 4 increased by 7.69% (from 13 to 14 reported crimes). A review of all 1^st Quarter Crime reports revealed Ward 6 encompasses the majority of reported crime statistics with approximately 45% of the overall crime stats within the City.

Full Report: 1st Quarter 2022 Crime Statistics

Total Crime - Yearly

Year	Homicide	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Burglary	Larceny	Auto Theft	TOTAL
2008	0	4	80	38	135	383	99	739
2009	0	3	46	35	104	429	61	678
2010	0	1	48	26	150	364	63	652
2011	1	3	32	26	109	317	77	565
2012	0	1	42	16	73	364	54	550
2013	1	2	36	20	125	302	42	528
2014	1	3	35	17	125	430	53	664
2015	1	5	25	23	126	405	32	617
2016	1	2	27	40	101	293	33	497
2017	0	3	29	19	55	359	30	495
2018	0	0	19	21	54	343	25	462

2019 Year Crime Summary by Ward

Crime	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	TOTAL
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rape	1	1	0	1	2	2	7
Robbery	3	0	1	3	3	17	27
Assault	3	2	2	6	7	11	52
Burglary	9	11	10	3	6	11	50
Theft	78	42	51	17	33	122	343
Auto theft	3	1	5	5	1	10	25
TOTAL	97	57	69	35	52	173	483

Table: 2019 Crime Summary by Ward. This table is maintained by the Crime Analyst.