Crime Rates

Crime Rates

Exhibit 17: Crime Rates by Type and Jurisdiction, Per 100,000, 2019

Aggravated Area Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery

Assault Property Crime

Burglary (Breaking and Entering) Larceny and Theft

Motor Vehicle Theft

Cecil County Maryland

298.5 459.3 2.0 9.0 19.5

61.5 215.6 2,032.7 322.9 1,570.4 139.5 32.7 153.2 264.4 1,952.6 279.0 1,487.5 186.2

United States 366.7

5.0 42.6 81.6 250.2 2,109.9 340.5 1,549.5 219.9

Source: Maryland Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services, and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2019.

Description Exhibit 17 provides crime statistics available from the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center within the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Light grey shading indicates rates above the United States averages; dark grey shading indicates rates more than 50 percent above the average. Observations

• 2019 Cecil County crime rates were lower than Maryland and U.S. rates in all categories except larceny and theft.