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Salisbury, MD crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 38 per one thousand residents, Salisbury has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 26. Within Maryland, more than 96% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Salisbury. In fact, after researching dangerous places to live, NeighborhoodScout found Salisbury to be one of the top 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S.A.

Importantly, when you compare Salisbury to other communities of similar population, then Salisbury crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Salisbury does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Salisbury does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Salisbury.

For Salisbury, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Salisbury is one in 85.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Salisbury is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Salisbury, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 38, which is a rate of 26 per one thousand population.

Salisbury Crime Data

total Crime Index

6

(100 is safest)


Safer than 6% of U.S. cities.

Salisbury Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

391

879

1,270

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

11.77

26.47

38.24

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
11.77
3.98
National Median: 4
    Salisbury
    Maryland

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 85

in Salisbury

1 in 251

in Maryland

Salisbury Violent Crimes

Population: 33,209
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 15 66 309
Rate per 1,000 0.03 0.45 1.99 9.30

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
26.47
16.35
National Median: 20
    Salisbury
    Maryland

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 38

in Salisbury

1 in 61

in Maryland

Property Crimes

Population: 33,209
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 138 697 44
Rate per 1,000 4.16 20.99 1.32

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Salisbury Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
92
43
National Median: 27.0
    Salisbury
    Maryland