University Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainViolent crime per resident is lower in University Park than in 87% of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 0.4 violent crime and 12.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 8.4 and 29.3 in the rest of Maryland. Its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident. Across all the graded crimes, University Park lands on B: less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 University Park
University Park reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Maryland towns on University Park’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Riverdale Park (D), Hyattsville (D−). Adelphi is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. College Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind University Park’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds University Park’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | University Park | Rest of Maryland | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
University Park’s police reported 3 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 University Park 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, 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 | University Park property | Rest of Maryland property | University Park violent | Rest of Maryland violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.5 | 30.7 | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 30.3 | 0.4 | 8.9 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 27.0 | 0.4 | 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.
26 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.
1 violent and 25 property, as reported to the FBI by University Park’s police.
No one died in a crash on University Park’s roads in 2019–2023
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 University Park’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so University Park’s own rate (0.0) 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.
University Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Park | B | 0.4 | 12.5 |
| Hyattsville | D− | 7.2 | 38.5 |
| Adelphi | — | — | — |
| College Park | — | — | — |
| Riverdale Park | D | 6.6 | 26.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Adelphi is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. College Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Maryland towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Park | B | 0.4 | 12.5 |
| Smithsburg | A− | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Snow Hill | B | 1.9 | 6.2 |
| Greensboro | B− | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Chevy Chase Village | C+ | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| Hurlock | C− | 4.5 | 16.6 |
The five graded Maryland towns closest to University Park’s population (2,440), 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 University Park. 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 University Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,427 in 2025); our figure for University Park is 2,440 (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 University Park
Is University Park, MD safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, University Park reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.4 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 University Park?
0.4 violent and 12.5 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 University Park safer than Hyattsville?
Hyattsville reports more crime per resident than University Park: Hyattsville grades D− for safety and University Park B. Hyattsville’s police reported 7.2 violent and 38.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices University Park?
University Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “University Park”. 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.