Photo: geraldshields11 · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 66% per resident in Berwyn Heights from 2023 to 2025
It has more violent crime than 63% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 60%. On top of that, from 2023 to 2025, crimes Berwyn Heights’ police reported put it at C+ for safety: #17 of 52 graded towns in Maryland. Violence and property crime split as 2.3 violent crimes and 13.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 8.4 and 29.3 in the rest of Maryland.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MD” is every other Maryland city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Berwyn Heights
Berwyn Heights reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Maryland towns on Berwyn Heights’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Greenbelt (D−). College Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Maryland towns, closer to the middle
Maryland’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Berwyn Heights’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 52 Maryland towns we grade, against 39% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Berwyn Heights’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Berwyn Heights property | Rest of Maryland property | Berwyn Heights violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.8 | 30.7 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 14.5 | 30.3 | 4.0 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 27.1 | 0.6 | 7.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Maryland.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Berwyn Heights | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Berwyn Heights’ police reported 23 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Berwyn Heights per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
25 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
2 violent and 23 property, as reported to the FBI by Berwyn Heights’ police.
Two people died in crashes on Berwyn Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Berwyn Heights had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Maryland towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Berwyn Heights’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Berwyn Heights’s own rate (12.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Berwyn Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| Greenbelt | D− | 6.4 | 44.9 |
| College Park | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. College Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| Boonsboro | A | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Smithsburg | A− | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Brentwood | C+ | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| Capitol Heights | C− | 4.5 | 15.4 |
| Princess Anne | D− | 14.2 | 40.1 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Berwyn Heights’ population (3,338), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Berwyn Heights. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Berwyn Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,323 in 2025); our figure for Berwyn Heights is 3,338 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Berwyn Heights
Is Berwyn Heights, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Berwyn Heights reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #17 of 52 in Maryland. Its police reported 2.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Berwyn Heights?
2.3 violent and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maryland reports 8.4 and 29.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Berwyn Heights safer than Greenbelt?
Greenbelt reports more crime per resident than Berwyn Heights: Greenbelt grades D− for safety and Berwyn Heights C+. Greenbelt’s police reported 6.4 violent and 44.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Berwyn Heights?
Berwyn Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Berwyn Heights”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.