Photo: Djembayz · CC BY-SA 3.0Who reports crime for Glen Burnie
Within a 25-mile drive lie 21 towns that have a grade. The closest graded town is Baltimore, 10 miles away, at D−. Glen Burnie 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 Glen Burnie alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Glen Burnie
Policed by the county
Glen Burnie 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 Glen Burnie. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are Baltimore (D−, 10 mi), Annapolis (D, 14 mi), Laurel (D, 14 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Glen Burnie. 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 Glen Burnie.
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 Glen Burnie. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Glen Burnie.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
33 people died in crashes on Glen Burnie’s roads in 2019–2023
Glen Burnie had 31 fatal crashes in five years, in which 33 people died; 11 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 9.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Maryland towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 54 towns).
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.
Glen Burnie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena | — | — | — |
| Ferndale | — | — | — |
| Severna Park | — | — | — |
| Severn | — | — | — |
| Brooklyn Park | — | — | — |
| Baltimore | D− | 15.1 | 41.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pasadena, Ferndale, Severna Park, Severn and Brooklyn Park 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 Glen Burnie
Is Glen Burnie, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Glen Burnie. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Baltimore (D−, 10 mi), Annapolis (D, 14 mi), Laurel (D, 14 mi).
Who polices Glen Burnie?
The Anne Arundel County Police Department. Glen Burnie 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 Glen Burnie.
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.