What is the crime rate in Berlin, MD?

In 2025, the Berlin Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 34 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 37 violent and 627 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,423 residents it serves.

Across Maryland the rates were 365 and 1,853.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 37
Property per 100,000: 627
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 34

Crime reported by the Berlin Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	5	93	46	857	5,367
2024	4	73	50	919	5,443
2025	2	37	34	627	5,423

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 2 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 46 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Berlin against Maryland and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Berlin	37	627
Worcester County	298	1,657
Maryland	365	1,853
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Berlin, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Berlin	—	37	627
Selbyville	8.9 mi	354	1,270
Pittsville	11 mi	0	240
Snow Hill	15 mi	88	309
Ocean View	15 mi	160	353
Dagsboro	15 mi	196	1,079
Bethany Beach	16 mi	716	5,909
Millsboro	18 mi	345	2,786
Delmar	20 mi	120	721

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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