Recorded crime in Golden Beach, without a grade
Golden Beach has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in St. Mary's County. The St. Mary's 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 Golden Beach alone, and no Safety Grade. La Plata, 15 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C+).
What stands out about safety in Golden Beach
Policed by the county
Golden Beach is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Golden Beach. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are La Plata (C+, 15 mi), District Heights (C−, 27 mi), Capitol Heights (C−, 29 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Golden Beach. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Mary's County without police of their own, which include Golden Beach.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in St. Mary's County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the St. Mary's 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Plata | C+ | 15 mi | 1.9 | 16.6 |
| District Heights | C− | 27 mi | 5.2 | 18.2 |
| Capitol Heights | C− | 29 mi | 4.5 | 15.4 |
| Seat Pleasant | D | 30 mi | 7.2 | 28.1 |
| Glenarden | B | 31 mi | 1.9 | 8.0 |
| Bowie | C | 32 mi | 1.8 | 18.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Golden Beach. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Golden Beach.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Golden Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Golden Beach’s own rate (5.2) 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.
Golden Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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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.
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 Golden Beach
Is Golden Beach, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Golden Beach. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are La Plata (C+, 15 mi), District Heights (C−, 27 mi), Capitol Heights (C−, 29 mi).
Who polices Golden Beach?
The St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office. Golden Beach is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Mary's 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.