Baltimore Assault

Baltimore · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Baltimore police open data recorded 11,634 assault incidents, 24.7% of all 47,105 incidents reported in the city that year and down 6.2% from 2024. That is about 2,047 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 10,455 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Baltimore by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)10,455——
202511,6342,047down 6.2%
202412,4092,184up 1.6%
202312,2192,150up 2.9%
202211,8712,089—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 58,588 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Downtown 534 incidents
  2. Belair-Edison 292 incidents
  3. Frankford 268 incidents
  4. Brooklyn 249 incidents
  5. Upton 248 incidents
  6. Sandtown-Winchester 225 incidents
  7. Cherry Hill 221 incidents
  8. Central Park Heights 165 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Baltimore in 2025?

11,634, according to Baltimore Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Baltimore?

Reported assault was down 6.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 2.0% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Baltimore Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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