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Crime Report for Salisbury, Maryland

The HomeSurfer crime rating for Salisbury, Maryland is 0.1 out of a possible 5 total points. Higher ratings indicate that your area is safer. The HomeSurfer crime rating is calculated depending on how the crime rate in your city compares with crime in the state and the nation. Violent crime is weighed more heavily than property crime, and the national ranking is more important than the state ranking.

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Salisbury Crime Rating
(higher ratings mean your area is safer)


Violent Crime Rate
Data comes from the FBI Uniform Crime Rate database for 2004.

Salisbury, Maryland has a violent crime rate of 2323 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with a rate of 1161 in Maryland and a rate of 676 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.


Violent Crime Rate
Incidents per 100,000
Salisbury 2323
MD 1161
National 676
Salisbury, Maryland is in the 100% percentile rank in the state for Violent Crime. It is in the 98% percentile rank nationally. Lower numbers are better. In this case, 100% of cities in Maryland have crime rates equal to or lower than Salisbury, or said another way, 0% of cities in Maryland have crime rates higher than Salisbury.


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Crime Salisbury MD Nation
Violent Crime Total 2323.0 1161.3 676
Murder / NNH 14.1 22.0 6.5
Forcible Rape 63.3 21.3 31.1
Robbery Rate 544.7 452.7 197.4
Aggravated Assault 1700.9 665.2 315
Property Crime Total 7886.1 4549.4 3726.9
Burglary 1876.7 1027.4 812.3
Larceny Theft 5686.2 2892.3 2541.6
Motor Vehicle Theft 323.3 629.7 382.3
Arson 80.8 51.1 23.3


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Property Crime Rate
Property crime includes burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, and arson. Data comes from the FBI Uniform Crime Rate database for 2004.

Salisbury, Maryland has a property crime rate of 7886.1 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with an average rate of 4549.4 in Maryland and an average rate of 3727 incidents per 100,000 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.


Property Crime Rate
Incidents per 100,000
Salisbury 7886.1
MD 4549.4
National 3727