CrimeMetric

Crime in Berlin, Maryland

Major crime in Berlin is 55% below the U.S. rate per resident: 66% lower for persons crimes and 53% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
45
55% below the U.S. rate
62% below the Maryland rate
down 7.7% in a year
Persons crimes
34
66% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Maryland rate
down 4.7% in a year
Property crimes
47
53% below the U.S. rate
60% below the Maryland rate
down 8.2% in a year
Social disorder
59
41% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Maryland rate
down 5.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Every crime type in Berlin is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Berlin for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Berlin

Berlin is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 37; the middle half of residents live where it is between 27 and 65.

Map of Berlin, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5057.3%
  • 50–10042.7%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm44
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am47
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm43
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am45
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across Maryland it fell 10.0%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.7%MD -10.0%-11.5%MD -12.7%
Persons crimes-4.7%MD -9.9%+2.7%MD -5.4%
Property crimes-8.2%MD -10.0%-13.8%MD -14.1%
Social disorder-5.3%MD -7.6%-1.2%MD -6.6%

Change in expected crimes, with Maryland as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Berlin against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,506 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Berlin; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Pahokee, FL6,061125
Dundee, MI6,05888
Elsa, TX6,05585
Cotati, CA6,06070
Moosic, PA6,04559
Berlin, MD6,05445
Argyle, TX6,05228
Byron, MN6,04920

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Berlin has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, West Ocean City (6 mi), is 1.7 times Berlin's rate.

Ocean City10 mi483
Salisbury20 mi174
Fruitland22 mi87
Berlin45
Delmar21 mi44

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Berlin

What are the most common crimes in Berlin?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 17 a year), shoplifting (about 8 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: about the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Berlin's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Berlin has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 6,054. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Berlin, Maryland." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/md/berlin

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100