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Safety in Federalsburg · Not graded

No grade for Federalsburg, but its recorded crime is here

Federalsburg’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Widen the search to 25 miles and 6 graded towns turn up. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Hurlock, 7 miles away, graded C−.

Violent crimes
5
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
24
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
7 mi
Hurlock (C−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported

Property crime (8.6)Violent crime (1.8)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Federalsburg1.8
Rest of MD8.9
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Federalsburg8.6
Rest of MD30.3
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Federalsburg’s police reported

Show as a table
YearFederalsburgRest of MarylandFederalsburgRest of Maryland
2022not reported27.4not reported10.8
202319.030.76.49.0
20248.630.31.88.9
2025not reported27.0not reported7.3

Crimes per 1,000 residents

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.

What gets reported

29 crimes reported in 2024

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft20
Burglary3
Vehicle theft1
Aggravated assault5
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
5
violent crimes
24
property crimes

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

5 violent and 24 property, as reported to the FBI by Federalsburg’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HurlockC−7 mi4.516.6
DentonD13 mi4.427.2
EastonC−17 mi4.318.5
CambridgeD19 mi6.036.1
GreensboroB−20 mi2.68.2
SalisburyD24 mi9.326.6

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

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Federalsburg’s roads in 2019–2023

Federalsburg had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

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 Federalsburg’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Federalsburg’s own rate (7.0) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
7.0
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

Federalsburg and its neighbors

Federalsburg
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

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

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 Federalsburg. 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 Federalsburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,797 in 2024); our figure for Federalsburg is 2,864 (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 Federalsburg

Is Federalsburg, MD safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Federalsburg. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Hurlock (C−, 7 mi), Denton (D, 13 mi), Easton (C−, 17 mi).

Who polices Federalsburg?

Federalsburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Federalsburg”. 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, 2024, 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.