Violent crime
1,921 per 100,000 residents, per year
173 reported in the last 12 months
−35% vs. Baltimore (2,934)
Data through September 2026, Baltimore Police Department
Crime in Howard Park/West Arlington, Baltimore
The violent crime rate in Howard Park/West Arlington is 1,921 per 100,000 residents per year, 35% below Baltimore as a whole (2,934). It ranks 40 of 55 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
3,753 per 100,000 residents, per year
338 reported in the last 12 months
−28% vs. Baltimore (5,206)
All reported
5,675 per 100,000 residents, per year
511 reported in the last 12 months
−30% vs. Baltimore (8,140)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 9,005 for Howard Park/West Arlington. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Howard Park/West Arlington sits in Baltimore, and where incidents concentrate
rank 40 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.
Howard Park/West Arlington is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 40 of 55. Nearby in the ranking: Orchard Ridge/Armistead (2,055), Cedonia/Frankford (1,956), Fells Point (1,859), Beechfield/Ten Hills/West Hills (1,645).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0146XX Liberty Heights Ave | 14 | 33 | 8% |
| 0247XX Liberty Heights Ave | 6 | 5 | 3% |
| 0336XX Bowers Ave | 6 | 3 | 3% |
| 0435XX Hillsdale Rd | 6 | 0 | 3% |
| 0555XX Gwynn Oak Ave | 5 | 1 | 3% |
| 0645XX Liberty Heights Ave | 5 | 0 | 3% |
“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 6 account for 24% of Howard Park/West Arlington’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 Howard Park/West Arlington |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 14 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 10 |
| Jan 2026 | 13 |
| Feb 2026 | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 21 |
| Apr 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 22 |
| Jun 2026 | 17 |
| Jul 2026 | 10 |
| Aug 2026 | 20 |
| Sep 2026 | 13 |
When crime happens in Howard Park/West Arlington
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Howard Park/West Arlington happened between 1 pm and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 9 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 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 am | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 am | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 9 am | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 10 am | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 11 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 pm | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 1 pm | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 pm | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 pm | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 pm | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 5 pm | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 6 pm | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 7 pm | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 10 pm | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 pm | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 12 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 1 am | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 am | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 am | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 am | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 am | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Total with a known time | 86 | 249 | 335 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Baltimore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 150 | 1,666 | −34% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 22 | 244 | −36% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 11 | −46% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 93 | 1,033 | −41% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 84 | 933 | −15% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 73 | 811 | +3% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 69 | 766 | −31% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 19 | 211 | −53% |
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
- 9,005 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Baltimore, MD
- All neighborhoods
- Baltimore neighborhoods by reported crime rate