Linganore Farm · Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Who polices Spring Ridge, and what they report
Spring Ridge has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Frederick County. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Spring Ridge alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Spring Ridge
Policed by the county
Spring Ridge is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Spring Ridge. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Maryland towns with their own police figures are Frederick (C−, 4 mi), Mount Airy (C+, 10 mi), Thurmont (A−, 15 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Spring Ridge. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Frederick County without police of their own, which include Spring Ridge.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Frederick County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest Maryland towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick | C− | 4 mi | 3.9 | 16.9 |
| Mount Airy | C+ | 10 mi | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| Thurmont | A− | 15 mi | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| Brunswick | B+ | 16 mi | 1.7 | 5.3 |
| Boonsboro | A | 18 mi | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Gaithersburg | C+ | 19 mi | 2.3 | 12.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Spring Ridge. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Spring Ridge.
One person died in crashes on Spring Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
Spring Ridge had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Spring Ridge’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Spring Ridge’s own rate (3.4) 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.
Spring Ridge and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linganore | — | — | — |
| Bartonsville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Linganore and Bartonsville are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Spring Ridge
Is Spring Ridge, MD safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Spring Ridge. Spring Ridge has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Frederick County. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Spring Ridge alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Maryland towns with a grade are Frederick (C−, 4 mi), Mount Airy (C+, 10 mi), Thurmont (A−, 15 mi).
Who polices Spring Ridge?
The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Spring Ridge is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Frederick County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.