Photo: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher · Public domainPocomoke City has more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Violent crime here is higher than in 88% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 91%. What’s more, on crimes reported by Pocomoke City’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #36 of 52 graded towns in Maryland. Out of every 1,000 residents, 4.9 violent crimes and 30.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 8.4 and 29.3 in the rest of Maryland. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident 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 Pocomoke City
Among Maryland towns, closer to the middle
Maryland’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Pocomoke City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 52 Maryland towns we grade, against 10% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Pocomoke City’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.
Crime in Pocomoke City 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pocomoke City | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pocomoke City’s police reported 66 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.4 in the rest of Maryland and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
How crime in Pocomoke City has moved
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| Year | Pocomoke City property | Rest of Maryland property | Pocomoke City violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32.8 | 30.7 | 3.1 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 28.6 | 30.3 | 5.4 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 30.5 | 27.0 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Maryland.
164 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.
28 violent and 136 property, as reported to the FBI by Pocomoke City’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Pocomoke City’s roads in 2019–2023
Pocomoke City had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is more than 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 Pocomoke City’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pocomoke City’s own rate (18.2) 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.
Pocomoke City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocomoke City | D | 4.9 | 30.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocomoke City | D | 4.9 | 30.7 |
| Sykesville | B+ | 0.8 | 7.0 |
| Centreville | B | 1.3 | 8.9 |
| Perryville | C+ | 2.4 | 14.6 |
| North East | C− | 4.0 | 19.1 |
| Seat Pleasant | D | 7.2 | 28.1 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Pocomoke City’s population (4,421), 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 Pocomoke City. 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 Pocomoke City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,456 in 2025); our figure for Pocomoke City is 4,421 (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 Pocomoke City
Is Pocomoke City, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pocomoke City reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #36 of 52 in Maryland. Its police reported 4.9 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 Pocomoke City?
4.9 violent and 30.7 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.
Who polices Pocomoke City?
Pocomoke City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pocomoke City”. 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.