Photo: SlipperyDude · CC BY-SA 3.0Who polices Chesapeake Ranch Estates, and what they report
Chesapeake Ranch Estates has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Calvert County. The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Chesapeake Ranch Estates alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Cambridge, 23 miles away, at D.
What stands out about safety in Chesapeake Ranch Estates
Policed by the county
Chesapeake Ranch Estates is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Chesapeake Ranch Estates. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are Cambridge (D, 23 mi), St. Michaels (C+, 32 mi), La Plata (C+, 33 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Chesapeake Ranch Estates. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Calvert County without police of their own, which include Chesapeake Ranch Estates.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Calvert County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | D | 23 mi | 6.0 | 36.1 |
| St. Michaels | C+ | 32 mi | 1.2 | 16.4 |
| La Plata | C+ | 33 mi | 1.9 | 16.6 |
| Easton | C− | 34 mi | 4.3 | 18.5 |
| Hurlock | C− | 35 mi | 4.5 | 16.6 |
| Princess Anne | D− | 40 mi | 14.2 | 40.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Chesapeake Ranch Estates. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Chesapeake Ranch Estates.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Chesapeake Ranch Estates’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Chesapeake Ranch Estates’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chesapeake Ranch Estates’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Chesapeake Ranch Estates and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Point | — | — | — |
| Lusby | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Drum Point and Lusby are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- 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 Chesapeake Ranch Estates
Is Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Chesapeake Ranch Estates. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Cambridge (D, 23 mi), St. Michaels (C+, 32 mi), La Plata (C+, 33 mi).
Who polices Chesapeake Ranch Estates?
The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Chesapeake Ranch Estates is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Calvert County without police of their own.
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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.