What is the crime rate in Taneytown, MD?

In 2025, the Taneytown Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 29 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 93 violent and 338 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,574 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: 93
Property per 100,000: 338
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 29

Crime reported by the Taneytown 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	14	189	40	541	7,395
2024	5	67	41	550	7,455
2025	8	93	29	338	8,574

Violent crimes reported went from 14 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 40 in 2023 to 29 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.

Taneytown against Maryland and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Taneytown	93	338
Carroll County	124	727
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 Taneytown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Taneytown	—	93	338
Littlestown	7.5 mi	20	525
Westminster	10 mi	212	1,702
Bonneauville	11 mi	0	55
Cumberland Township (Adams County)	11 mi	28	358
Liberty Township (Adams County)	11 mi	0	354
Conewago Township (Adams County)	12 mi	172	565
Gettysburg	12 mi	154	373
McSherrystown	13 mi	126	471

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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