Crime Statistics

Total Crime Rate per 100,000 people for Mid-Shore Counties

Published June 12th, 2025

This interactive chart provides a focused snapshot of the total reported crime rates per 100,000 people across Maryland’s Mid-Shore counties—Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot—for the years 2023 and 2024. Drawing from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), this visualization enables users to monitor how overall public safety metrics are shifting at the county level.

Each county’s trend is displayed with a distinct color, offering a side-by-side comparison of reported offenses over time. In 2024, Dorchester County reported the highest total crime rate at 4,632, while Caroline had the lowest at 2,798. Talbot County fell in between with 3,247. These trends help community stakeholders better understand the current state of public safety in the region.

Key Features:

County-level comparison for 2023–2024
Crime rate per 100,000 people
Source: FBI NIBRS data

Data

Source:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Incident-Based Reporting System
Geography: regional and county level
Data Freshness: Data is refreshed annually to reflect the most current information from the source.

This resource is part of a series of dashboards developed to support the Mid-Shore Online CEDS.

Partners
This dashboard was developed by the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) with support from the Mid-Shore Regional Council (MSRC).