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Safety in Edmonston · Not graded

Crime reported in Edmonston, MD

Edmonston’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
5
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
40
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
1 mi
Bladensburg (D)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported

And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (24.9)Violent crime (3.1)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Edmonston3.1
Rest of MD7.3
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Edmonston24.9
Rest of MD27.0
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Edmonston’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Maryland. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearEdmonstonRest of MarylandEdmonstonRest of Maryland
2022not reported27.4not reported10.8
2023not reported30.7not reported8.9
202426.330.33.88.9
202524.927.03.17.3

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

45 crimes reported in 2025

5 violent and 40 property, as reported to the FBI by Edmonston’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft23
Burglary4
Vehicle theft13
Aggravated assault3
Robbery2
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
5
violent crimes
40
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
BladensburgD1 mi7.236.1
Riverdale ParkD1 mi6.626.2
HyattsvilleD−1 mi7.238.5
BrentwoodC+1 mi2.714.3
University ParkB2 mi0.412.5
Colmar ManorD2 mi2.836.7

Straight-line distance from the center of Edmonston. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Edmonston.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Edmonston’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Edmonston’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Edmonston’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Maryland towns of 2,500–5,000: 5.2

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.

Next door

Edmonston and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Riverdale ParkD6.626.2
East Riverdale———
HyattsvilleD−7.238.5
BladensburgD7.236.1

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Riverdale is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.

How to read these numbers

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 Edmonston. 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 Edmonston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,609 in 2025); our figure for Edmonston is 1,621 (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 Edmonston

Is Edmonston, MD safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Edmonston. Edmonston’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Bladensburg (D, 1 mi), Riverdale Park (D, 1 mi), Hyattsville (D−, 1 mi).

Who polices Edmonston?

Edmonston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Edmonston”. 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.