Violent crime
6,437 per 100,000 residents, per year
619 reported in the last 12 months
+119% vs. Baltimore (2,934)
Data through September 2026, Baltimore Police Department
Crime in Oldtown/Middle East, Baltimore
The violent crime rate in Oldtown/Middle East is 6,437 per 100,000 residents per year, 119% above Baltimore as a whole (2,934). It ranks 2 of 55 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
8,953 per 100,000 residents, per year
861 reported in the last 12 months
+72% vs. Baltimore (5,206)
All reported
15,389 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,480 reported in the last 12 months
+89% vs. Baltimore (8,140)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 9,617 for Oldtown/Middle East. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Oldtown/Middle East sits in Baltimore, and where incidents concentrate
rank 2 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.
Oldtown/Middle East is among the highest in the city: rank 2 of 55. Nearby in the ranking: Downtown/Seton Hill (11,434), Upton/Druid Heights (6,233), Madison/East End (6,132).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 016XX Fallsway | 21 | 5 | 3% |
| 0218XX Orleans St | 20 | 10 | 3% |
| 0314XX Orleans St | 15 | 6 | 2% |
| 0412XX Mcelderry St | 14 | 9 | 2% |
| 052XX N Washington St | 13 | 8 | 2% |
| 062XX Douglass Ct | 11 | 4 | 2% |
| 0715XX Lester Morton Ct | 10 | 13 | 2% |
| 0810XX N Broadway | 10 | 9 | 2% |
| 099XX Webb Ct | 10 | 4 | 2% |
| 108XX Hillman Ct | 10 | 3 | 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 10 account for 22% of Oldtown/Middle East’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 Oldtown/Middle East |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 47 |
| Nov 2025 | 50 |
| Dec 2025 | 46 |
| Jan 2026 | 43 |
| Feb 2026 | 49 |
| Mar 2026 | 52 |
| Apr 2026 | 53 |
| May 2026 | 49 |
| Jun 2026 | 56 |
| Jul 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 2026 | 60 |
| Sep 2026 | 56 |
When crime happens in Oldtown/Middle East
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Oldtown/Middle East happened between 3 pm and 1 am. Saturday had the most.
Violent crime busiest hour midnight
Property crime busiest hour 1 pm
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.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 am | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 8 am | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 9 am | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 am | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 11 am | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| 12 pm | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 1 pm | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 4 pm | 13 | 25 | 38 |
| 5 pm | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 6 pm | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 7 pm | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| 8 pm | 10 | 32 | 42 |
| 9 pm | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 10 pm | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 11 pm | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| 12 am | 19 | 23 | 42 |
| 1 am | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 2 am | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 am | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 am | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Total with a known time | 196 | 423 | 619 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 7 am | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| 8 am | 19 | 29 | 48 |
| 9 am | 11 | 31 | 42 |
| 10 am | 13 | 30 | 43 |
| 11 am | 16 | 35 | 51 |
| 12 pm | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| 1 pm | 19 | 34 | 53 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 30 | 38 |
| 3 pm | 14 | 35 | 49 |
| 4 pm | 12 | 37 | 49 |
| 5 pm | 13 | 30 | 43 |
| 6 pm | 11 | 29 | 40 |
| 7 pm | 12 | 26 | 38 |
| 8 pm | 10 | 23 | 33 |
| 9 pm | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| 10 pm | 21 | 25 | 46 |
| 11 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 12 am | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| 1 am | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 am | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 am | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 am | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 5 am | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Total with a known time | 269 | 587 | 856 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Baltimore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 543 | 5,646 | +123% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 71 | 738 | +94% |
| HomicideViolent | 5 | 52 | +152% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 343 | 3,567 | +104% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 225 | 2,340 | +112% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 122 | 1,269 | +14% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 118 | 1,227 | +56% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 53 | 551 | +24% |
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
- 9,617 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Baltimore, MD
- All neighborhoods
- Baltimore neighborhoods by reported crime rate