What is the crime rate in Capitol Heights, MD?

In 2025, the Capitol Heights Police Department reported 9 violent crimes and 60 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 223 violent and 1,486 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,038 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: 223
Property per 100,000: 1,486
Violent crimes: 9
Property crimes: 60

Crime reported by the Capitol Heights 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	34	869	125	3,194	3,913
2024	33	841	90	2,292	3,926
2025	9	223	60	1,486	4,038

Violent crimes reported went from 34 in 2023 to 9 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 125 in 2023 to 60 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.

Capitol Heights against Maryland and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Capitol Heights	223	1,486
Prince George's County	282	2,094
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 Capitol Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Capitol Heights	—	223	1,486
Seat Pleasant	1.3 mi	310	2,037
District Heights	1.6 mi	321	1,370
Fairmount Heights	1.8 mi	854	4,796
Cheverly	3.4 mi	229	2,631
Morningside	3.6 mi	162	1,621
Colmar Manor	4.0 mi	0	3,535
Glenarden	4.5 mi	141	1,220
Landover Hills	4.6 mi	723	4,508

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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