Mt. Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainCrime recorded in Crownsville, and why it isn’t graded
Crownsville has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Anne Arundel County. The Anne Arundel County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Crownsville alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Annapolis, 6 miles away, at D. A 10-mile radius takes in 2 places that are graded.
What stands out about safety in Crownsville
Policed by the county
Crownsville is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Anne Arundel County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Crownsville. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are Annapolis (D, 6 mi), Bowie (C, 9 mi), Laurel (D, 15 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Crownsville. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Anne Arundel County Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Anne Arundel County without police of their own, which include Crownsville.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Anne Arundel County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Anne Arundel 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.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Crownsville. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Crownsville.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Crownsville’s roads in 2019–2023
Crownsville had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Crownsville’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Crownsville’s own rate (22.8) 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.
Crownsville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herald Harbor | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Herald Harbor is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its 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 Crownsville
Is Crownsville, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Crownsville. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Annapolis (D, 6 mi), Bowie (C, 9 mi), Laurel (D, 15 mi).
Who polices Crownsville?
The Anne Arundel County Police Department. Crownsville is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Anne Arundel County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Crownsville.
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.