Bowie, MD Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Bowie, MD Summary

Crime in Bowie research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bowie over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bowie:

  • There were 1,408 total crimes committed in Bowie in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,473.3 total crimes per 100K people in Bowie.
  • The overall crime rate in Bowie is 16.71% above the national average.
  • Bowie ranks #44 safest out of 74 cities in Maryland.
  • Bowie ranks #8,009 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Bowie Vs Maryland And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bowie is 2,473.3 per 100,000 people. That's 16.71% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 0.13% higher than the Maryland total crime rate of 2,470.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bowie
/ 100k People
Maryland
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,408 2,473.3 2,470.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 5.0
Robbery 33 58.0 123.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 57 100.1 257.0 256.0
Violent Crime 110 193.2 420.4 359.0
Burglary 79 138.8 190.0 229.0
Larceny 1,003 1,761.8 1,446.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 216 379.4 412.8 259.0
Property Crime 1,298 2,280.0 2,049.6 1,760.0

Bowie Crime Compared To Maryland Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Maryland.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Bowie

110
Violent Crimes
193.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-46.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 110 violent crimes in Bowie in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bowie is 193.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 517.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bowie each year. That compares to a 1 in 237.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -46.18% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -54.04% lower than the Maryland violent crime rate of 420.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bowie

1,298
Property Crimes
2,280.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
29.55%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,298 property crimes in Bowie in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bowie is 2,280.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 43.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bowie each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 29.55% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 11.24% higher than the Maryland property crime rate of 2,049.6 per 100,000 people.

Bowie SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
9.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
3
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