Violent crime
2,712 per 100,000 residents, per year
245 reported in the last 12 months
−8% vs. Baltimore (2,934)
Data through September 2026, Baltimore Police Department
Crime in Forest Park/Walbrook, Baltimore
The violent crime rate in Forest Park/Walbrook is 2,712 per 100,000 residents per year, 8% below Baltimore as a whole (2,934). It ranks 30 of 55 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
3,841 per 100,000 residents, per year
347 reported in the last 12 months
−26% vs. Baltimore (5,206)
All reported
6,554 per 100,000 residents, per year
592 reported in the last 12 months
−19% vs. Baltimore (8,140)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 9,033 for Forest Park/Walbrook. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Forest Park/Walbrook sits in Baltimore, and where incidents concentrate
rank 30 of 55Loading map…
1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Forest Park/Walbrook is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 30 of 55. Nearby in the ranking: Dorchester/Ashburton (2,751), Inner Harbor/Federal Hill (2,718), Midtown (2,635), Edmondson Village (2,626).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0129XX Garrison Blvd | 16 | 17 | 7% |
| 0235XX Liberty Heights Ave | 14 | 6 | 6% |
| 0345XX Fairfax Rd | 8 | 10 | 3% |
| 0427XX Talbot Rd | 6 | 4 | 2% |
| 0534XX Gwynns Falls Pkwy | 6 | 1 | 2% |
| 0636XX Liberty Heights Ave | 5 | 3 | 2% |
| 0734XX Piedmont Ave | 5 | 1 | 2% |
| 0840XX Alto Rd | 5 | 1 | 2% |
| 0930XX Garrison Blvd | 5 | 0 | 2% |
“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 35XX Boston St), never an exact address. Its mark on the map is rounded to about 100 meters. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 9 account for 29% of Forest Park/Walbrook’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Forest Park/Walbrook |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 15 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 14 |
| Jan 2026 | 14 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 28 |
| Apr 2026 | 30 |
| May 2026 | 29 |
| Jun 2026 | 27 |
| Jul 2026 | 18 |
| Aug 2026 | 26 |
| Sep 2026 | 21 |
When crime happens in Forest Park/Walbrook
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Forest Park/Walbrook happened between 3 pm and midnight. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 4 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Baltimore Police Department; 1% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 am | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 8 am | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 9 am | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 10 am | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 11 am | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 12 pm | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 1 pm | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 pm | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 pm | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 pm | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 7 pm | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 8 pm | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 pm | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 11 pm | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 12 am | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 1 am | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 am | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 am | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Total with a known time | 107 | 235 | 342 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Baltimore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 228 | 2,524 | no change |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 13 | 144 | −62% |
| HomicideViolent | 4 | 44 | +115% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 101 | 1,118 | +1% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 97 | 1,074 | +36% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 61 | 675 | −61% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 58 | 642 | −43% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 30 | 332 | −26% |
Source and dates
NIBRS_GroupA_Crime_Data- Source
- Baltimore Police Department, via Open Baltimore (dataset NIBRS_GroupA_Crime_Data), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 9,033 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Baltimore, MD
- All neighborhoods
- Baltimore neighborhoods by reported crime rate