College Park, MD Crime Map

College Park, MD Safety Overview

College Park is a city of 32,221 residents that carries an overall crime grade of D at the city level, yet a closer look at its 12 analyzed neighborhoods tells a more nuanced story: 75% of those neighborhoods earned a safe rating of B or higher, and not a single neighborhood scored a D or F. That gap between the city-wide grade and the neighborhood-level data reflects how concentrated crime patterns can skew aggregate scores, making a neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown far more useful for anyone living in or moving to College Park.

Safest and Highest-Crime Neighborhoods

The safest corners of College Park are anchored by four neighborhoods that each earned an A- grade. The University of Maryland area, home to nearly 12,000 residents with a median income of $23,096, leads the list alongside Old Town (median income $24,905), College Park Estates (median income $165,701), and Yarrow (median income $157,212). Notably, two of the safest neighborhoods have relatively modest incomes while two are among the wealthiest in the city, which suggests that safety here is not simply a function of household wealth. Berwyn Heights (B+, $120,801), West College Park (B+, $112,931), Downtown College Park (B+, $32,629), and Calvert Hills (B+, $108,193) round out the upper tier. On the other end of the spectrum, Berwyn District holds the lowest grade at C-, followed by Lakeland at a C — these are the two neighborhoods where residents and prospective renters should pay closest attention to the crime map before making decisions.

How Crime Grades Are Distributed Across the City

Across all 12 neighborhoods analyzed, 33.3% earned an A grade and 41.7% earned a B grade, meaning nearly three-quarters of College Park neighborhoods fall into the safe category. The remaining 25% scored at the C level, spread across Berwyn District, Lakeland, and Sunnyside. The absence of any D or F neighborhoods is a meaningful data point: even the city's most challenged areas have not reached the severity seen in comparable mid-sized cities near major metros. Still, the C- grade in Berwyn District indicates measurable crime pressure that residents there experience differently than those in North College Park (B, median income $89,189) just a short distance away.

Property Crime vs. Violent Crime Patterns

In a college town adjacent to Washington, D.C., property crime — particularly theft and vehicle break-ins — tends to drive overall crime rates more than violent incidents do. The lower-income neighborhoods of University of Maryland and Old Town, despite their A- grades, sit in a dense environment where opportunistic property crimes can occur near transit corridors and student housing. Higher-income areas like College Park Estates and Yarrow see fewer incidents of both types, consistent with lower-density residential settings. Berwyn District and Lakeland, the city's C-range neighborhoods, show elevated patterns across both property and violent crime categories relative to the city median, which is part of why their grades diverge from the city-wide majority.

Using the Crime Map to Make Smarter Decisions

For home buyers evaluating whether a $345,315 median home value is justified in a given block, the interactive crime map on this page lets you filter by neighborhood and crime type before committing to a purchase. Renters weighing the city's $1,583 median rent can compare Downtown College Park's B+ grade against Berwyn District's C- to understand exactly what the price difference reflects in safety terms. Daily commuters traveling through North College Park or Calvert Hills can use time-based filters to identify whether incidents cluster around specific hours. Students and faculty affiliated with the University of Maryland — by far the city's most populous neighborhood at nearly 12,000 residents — can track localized patterns on and around campus rather than relying on city-wide averages that may not reflect their immediate surroundings. The map turns raw data into decisions.