Seat Pleasant sees more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Violent crime here is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 89%. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 41% from 2023 to 2025. Counting crimes Seat Pleasant’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #41 of 52 graded towns in Maryland. Annual rates stand at 7.2 violent crimes and 28.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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 stands out about safety in Seat Pleasant
Among Maryland towns, closer to the middle
Maryland’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Seat Pleasant’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 21% of the 52 Maryland towns we grade, against 7% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Seat Pleasant’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Seat Pleasant property | Rest of Maryland property | Seat Pleasant violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.4 | 30.7 | 8.6 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 35.7 | 30.2 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 19.5 | 27.0 | 3.1 | 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 | Seat Pleasant | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Seat Pleasant’s police reported 96 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 Seat Pleasant 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
102 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.
14 violent and 88 property, as reported to the FBI by Seat Pleasant’s police.
26 people died in crashes on Seat Pleasant’s roads in 2019–2023
Seat Pleasant had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 26 people died; 9 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 115.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Maryland towns of 2,500–5,000 people (5.2, 59 towns).
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.
Seat Pleasant and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Pleasant | D | 7.2 | 28.1 |
| Peppermill Village | — | — | — |
| Summerfield | — | — | — |
| Cedar Heights | — | — | — |
| Fairmount Heights | — | — | — |
| Walker Mill | — | — | — |
| Largo | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Peppermill Village, Summerfield, Cedar Heights, Walker Mill and Largo are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Fairmount Heights reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Pleasant | D | 7.2 | 28.1 |
| 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 |
| Pocomoke City | D | 4.9 | 30.7 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to Seat Pleasant’s population (4,524), 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 Seat Pleasant. 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 Seat Pleasant’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,517 in 2025); our figure for Seat Pleasant is 4,524 (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 Seat Pleasant
Is Seat Pleasant, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Seat Pleasant reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #41 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 Seat Pleasant?
7.2 violent and 28.1 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 Seat Pleasant?
Seat Pleasant’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Seat Pleasant”. 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.