Oakland, MD Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Oakland

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Oakland_{/100k people}	Maryland_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	30	n/a (estimate)	1,606	2,757	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Oakland_{/100k people}	Maryland_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	0	n/a	0.0	8.0	5.3
Rape	0	n/a	0.0	29.2	40.4
Robbery	0	n/a	0.0	171.0	102.8
Assault	1	n/a	53.5	263.8	248.5
Violent crime	1	n/a (estimate)	54	472	386
Burglary	0	n/a	0.0	410.4	468.9
Theft	29	n/a	1,552.5	1,677.4	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	0	n/a	0.0	196.7	236.9
Property crime	29	n/a (estimate)	1,552	2,285	2,451

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Kingwood, WV	2,951	122	696	818
Terra Alta, WV	1,598	163	930	1,093
Mountain Lake Park, MD	2,298	255	1,233	1,487
Aurora, WV	158	404	2,311	2,715
Bayard, WV	305	455	2,604	3,060
Albright, WV	363	504	2,881	3,385
Rowlesburg, WV	578	506	2,892	3,397
Oakland, MD	2,008	54	1,552	1,606

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Oakland is 43% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 4.4 daily crimes that occur in Oakland.
Oakland is safer than 75% of the cities in the United States.
In Oakland you have a 1 in 63 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Oakland has increased by 7%.

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Daily Crime In Oakland (per 100,000 people)

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Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Oakland

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Oakland is 1 in 1868

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Oakland is 1 in 65

The chance of being a victim of crime in Oakland is 1 in 63

Year Over Year Crime In Oakland (per 100,000 people)

Oakland police department

Item	Oakland	Maryland	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	2	5,343	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	1.0	3.3	3.3

There are a total of 2 Oakland police officers. This results in 1.0 police officers per 1,000 residents which is 69.1% less than the Maryland average and 68.3% less than the National average.

Sex offenders in Maryland

State	Total offenders	Maryland_/100K	National_/100K
Maryland	8,157	149	222

There are a total of 8,157 sex offenders in Maryland. This yields a total of 149 sex offenders in Maryland per 100,000 residents which is 33% less than the national average.

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Spencer, WV	2,008	189	1,081	1,270
Combine, TX	2,008	128	816	944
Laurium, MI	2,007	52	983	1,035
Newtown, CT	2,009	11	295	306
Thorsby, AL	2,007	209	1,157	1,366
Oakland, MD	2,008	54	1,552	1,606

Source: The Oakland, MD crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.