Photo: Jccohen at English Wikipedia · Public domainWho polices Bowleys Quarters, and what they report
Bowleys Quarters has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Baltimore County. The Baltimore County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Bowleys Quarters alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Bowleys Quarters
Policed by the county
Bowleys Quarters is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Baltimore County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Baltimore County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Bowleys Quarters. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are Baltimore (D−, 12 mi), Rock Hall (A+, 14 mi), Bel Air (C, 15 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bowleys Quarters. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Baltimore County Police Department reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Baltimore County without police of their own, which include Bowleys Quarters.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Baltimore County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Baltimore County Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. Agencies that reported only zeros (the Sheriff’s Office here) are left out. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | D− | 12 mi | 15.1 | 41.4 |
| Rock Hall | A+ | 14 mi | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Bel Air | C | 15 mi | 1.9 | 21.6 |
| Chestertown | C | 18 mi | 3.2 | 16.6 |
| Aberdeen | D | 18 mi | 6.0 | 19.5 |
| Havre de Grace | B− | 22 mi | 1.2 | 12.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Bowleys Quarters. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bowleys Quarters.
One person died in crashes on Bowleys Quarters’s roads in 2019–2023
Bowleys Quarters had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Maryland towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bowleys Quarters’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bowleys Quarters’s own rate (2.9) 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.
Bowleys Quarters and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle River | — | — | — |
| Essex | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Middle River and Essex are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Bowleys Quarters
Is Bowleys Quarters, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Bowleys Quarters. Bowleys Quarters has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Baltimore County. The Baltimore County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Bowleys Quarters alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Baltimore (D−, 12 mi), Rock Hall (A+, 14 mi), Bel Air (C, 15 mi).
Who polices Bowleys Quarters?
The Baltimore County Police Department. Bowleys Quarters is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Baltimore County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Bowleys Quarters.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.