CrimeMetric

Crime in Emmitsburg, Maryland

Major crime in Emmitsburg is 24% below the U.S. rate per resident: 32% lower for persons crimes and 22% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.9% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
76
24% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Maryland rate
down 10.9% in a year
Persons crimes
68
32% below the U.S. rate
35% below the Maryland rate
down 8.5% in a year
Property crimes
78
22% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Maryland rate
down 11.3% in a year
Social disorder
87
13% below the U.S. rate
about the Maryland rate
down 7.1% 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

Simple assault stands out most, at 33% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Emmitsburg 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 Emmitsburg

Emmitsburg is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 83; the middle half of residents live where it is between 42 and 107.

Map of Emmitsburg, 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.
  • 0–5032.2%
  • 50–10039.1%
  • 100–20028.7%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm106
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am50
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm77
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am48
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 10.9% in a year; across Maryland it fell 10.0%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-10.9%MD -10.0%-7.1%MD -12.7%
Persons crimes-8.5%MD -9.9%+6.1%MD -5.4%
Property crimes-11.3%MD -10.0%-9.7%MD -14.1%
Social disorder-7.1%MD -7.6%+0.7%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

Emmitsburg against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

620 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Emmitsburg; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Anna, IL3,565107
Emmitsburg, MD3,55876
Canton, SD3,55270
Dublin, TX3,57024

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

Nearby places

Emmitsburg has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Thurmont (8 mi), is 50% below Emmitsburg's rate.

Hanover, PA19 mi179
Emmitsburg76
Thurmont8 mi38
Taneytown9 mi25

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

Questions about crime in Emmitsburg

What are the most common crimes in Emmitsburg?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 15 a year), shoplifting (about 15 a year) and aggravated assault (about 6 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 33% above 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. Emmitsburg's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Emmitsburg 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: 3,558. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100