University of Maryland Eastern Shore · Photo: Honors Lane · CC BY-SA 3.0Princess Anne has more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
Violent crime here is higher than in 99% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 96%. On the record of crimes Princess Anne’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety. Recorded violent crimes ran at 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 40.1, against 8.4 and 29.3 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’s behind Princess Anne’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Princess Anne | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 16.0 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 12.9 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Princess Anne’s police reported 153 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 14.2 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 Princess Anne 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 13 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Princess Anne property | Rest of Maryland property | Princess Anne violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37.8 | 30.7 | 13.7 | 8.9 |
| 2024 | 52.4 | 30.2 | 16.0 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 30.5 | 27.0 | 12.9 | 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.
161 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.
48 violent and 113 property, as reported to the FBI by Princess Anne’s police.
One person died in crashes on Princess Anne’s roads in 2019–2023
Princess Anne 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 Princess Anne’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Princess Anne’s own rate (5.6) 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.
Princess Anne and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Anne | D− | 14.2 | 40.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Anne | D− | 14.2 | 40.1 |
| Boonsboro | A | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Smithsburg | A− | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Berwyn Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 13.7 |
| Brentwood | C+ | 2.7 | 14.3 |
| Capitol Heights | C− | 4.5 | 15.4 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Princess Anne’s population (3,642), 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 Princess Anne. 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 Princess Anne’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,709 in 2025); our figure for Princess Anne is 3,642 (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 Princess Anne
Is Princess Anne, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Princess Anne reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 14.2 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 Princess Anne?
14.2 violent and 40.1 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 Princess Anne?
Princess Anne’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Princess Anne”. 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.