Montgomery County Assault

Montgomery County · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Montgomery County police open data recorded 3,896 assault incidents, 9.0% of all 43,472 incidents reported in the city that year and down 6.8% from 2024. So far in 2026, 3,342 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Montgomery County by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,342——
20253,896—down 6.8%
20244,182—up 2.4%
20234,083—up 6.7%
20223,828—up 10.3%
20213,469—up 14.2%
20203,038—down 8.9%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 37,615 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Silver Spring 875 incidents
  2. Montgomery Village 734 incidents
  3. Wheaton 641 incidents
  4. Germantown 621 incidents
  5. Bethesda 513 incidents
  6. Rockville 434 incidents
  7. Takoma Park 59 incidents

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

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Montgomery County in 2025?

3,896, according to Montgomery County Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Montgomery County?

Reported assault was down 6.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 1.8% compared with 2022 (roughly flat over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Montgomery County 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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