Crime in California, Maryland
Major crime in California is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 1.7 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 3.5% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Shoplifting stands out most, at 3.5 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in California for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across California
The middle half of California residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 116 and 239; the typical (median) resident's is 139.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10022.0%
- 100–20036.5%
- 200–40041.5%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime rose 3.5% in a year; across Maryland it fell 10.0%
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.
California against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
238 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than California; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
California has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Wildewood (4 mi), is 71% below California's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in California
What are the most common crimes in California?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 141 a year), other larceny (about 90 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 35 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 3.5 times 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. California's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- California's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 78.0% 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: 12,589. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in California, Maryland." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/md/california
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Wildewood4 mi45
- Lexington Park4 mi125
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates7 mi27
- Colonial Beach, VA26 mi67
- Chesapeake Beach27 mi32
- Cambridge29 mi197
- La Plata31 mi96
- Waldorf32 mi78