Landover Hills reports more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
It has more violent crime than 99% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 99%. On top of that, on the record of crimes Landover Hills’ police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety. Annual rates stand at 12.3 violent crimes and 53.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 8.4 and 29.3 in the rest of Maryland. The graded rate fell 21% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Landover Hills
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Maryland towns on Landover Hills’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: New Carrollton (C−). Landover and Woodlawn are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. 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 Landover Hills’ 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Landover Hills | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.3 | 8.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Landover Hills’ police reported 65 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Landover Hills property | Rest of Maryland property | Landover Hills violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 42.3 | 30.7 | 22.3 | 8.9 |
| 2024 | 74.8 | 30.2 | 8.0 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 44.5 | 27.0 | 6.7 | 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.
Crime in Landover Hills 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 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
92 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.
12 violent and 80 property, as reported to the FBI by Landover Hills’ police.
Two people died in crashes on Landover Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Landover Hills had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Landover Hills’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Landover Hills’s own rate (19.7) 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.
Landover Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landover Hills | D− | 12.3 | 53.8 |
| Landover | — | — | — |
| Woodlawn | — | — | — |
| New Carrollton | C− | 3.1 | 20.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Landover and Woodlawn are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landover Hills | D− | 12.3 | 53.8 |
| Pittsville | A | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Hancock | B− | 2.3 | 7.7 |
| Greensboro | B− | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Chevy Chase Village | C+ | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| Colmar Manor | D | 2.8 | 36.7 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Landover Hills’ population (1,811), 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 Landover Hills. 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 Landover Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,797 in 2025); our figure for Landover Hills is 1,811 (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 Landover Hills
Is Landover Hills, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Landover Hills reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 12.3 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 Landover Hills?
12.3 violent and 53.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Maryland reports 8.4 and 29.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Landover Hills safer than New Carrollton?
New Carrollton reports less crime per resident than Landover Hills: New Carrollton grades C− for safety and Landover Hills D−. New Carrollton’s police reported 3.1 violent and 20.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Landover Hills?
Landover Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Landover Hills”. 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.