What is the crime rate in North East, MD?

In 2025, the North East Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 53 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 261 violent and 1,257 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,217 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: 261
Property per 100,000: 1,257
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 53

Crime reported by the North East 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	16	385	108	2,599	4,155
2024	20	477	80	1,910	4,189
2025	11	261	53	1,257	4,217

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 108 in 2023 to 53 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.

North East against Maryland and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
North East	261	1,257
Cecil County	208	1,087
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 North East, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
North East	—	261	1,257
Elkton	6.4 mi	793	4,352
Perryville	7.0 mi	198	1,211
Rising Sun	9.0 mi	108	683
Havre de Grace	10 mi	78	1,188
West Nottingham Township	10 mi	0	0
Newark	11 mi	298	1,735
Oxford	12 mi	286	420
Aberdeen	14 mi	404	1,580

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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