Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Hyattsville records more crime than 96% of U.S. towns
Its letter for safety is D−, worked out from crimes Hyattsville’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #47 of 52 graded towns in Maryland. By contrast, the crimes the grade counts fell 22% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. The local count comes to 7.2 violent crimes and 38.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 8.4 and 29.2 in the rest of Maryland.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MD” is every other Maryland city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Hyattsville
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Maryland towns on Hyattsville’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: University Park (B), Brentwood (C+), Riverdale Park (D), Mount Rainier (D). Chillum and Adelphi are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Edmonston reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Cottage City reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hyattsville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hyattsville property | Rest of Maryland property | Hyattsville violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 44.7 | 30.5 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| 2024 | 33.4 | 30.2 | 6.9 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 37.4 | 26.9 | 5.1 | 7.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Maryland.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hyattsville | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hyattsville’s police reported 447 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Hyattsville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
894 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
107 violent and 787 property, as reported to the FBI by Hyattsville’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Hyattsville’s roads in 2019–2023
Hyattsville had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Maryland towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hyattsville’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hyattsville’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Hyattsville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyattsville | D− | 7.2 | 38.5 |
| Chillum | — | — | — |
| Adelphi | — | — | — |
| Brentwood | C+ | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| Edmonston | — | — | — |
| University Park | B | 0.4 | 12.5 |
| Riverdale Park | D | 6.6 | 26.2 |
| Cottage City | — | — | — |
| Mount Rainier | D | 5.8 | 28.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Chillum and Adelphi are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Edmonston reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Cottage City reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyattsville | D− | 7.2 | 38.5 |
| Westminster | C | 2.4 | 18.2 |
| Easton | C− | 4.3 | 18.5 |
| Aberdeen | D | 6.0 | 19.5 |
| Cumberland | D | 4.6 | 40.2 |
| Greenbelt | D− | 6.4 | 44.9 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Hyattsville’s population (21,158), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Hyattsville. 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 Hyattsville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,031 in 2025); our figure for Hyattsville is 21,158 (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 Hyattsville
Is Hyattsville, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hyattsville reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #47 of 52 in Maryland. Its police reported 7.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Hyattsville?
7.2 violent and 38.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maryland reports 8.4 and 29.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Hyattsville safer than Brentwood?
Brentwood reports less crime per resident than Hyattsville: Brentwood grades C+ for safety and Hyattsville D−. Brentwood’s police reported 2.7 violent and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hyattsville?
Hyattsville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hyattsville”. 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.