Violent crime
4,319 per 100,000 residents, per year
335 reported in the last 12 months
+47% vs. Baltimore (2,934)
Data through September 2026, Baltimore Police Department
Crime in Penn North/Reservoir Hill, Baltimore
The violent crime rate in Penn North/Reservoir Hill is 4,319 per 100,000 residents per year, 47% above Baltimore as a whole (2,934). It ranks 13 of 55 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
6,202 per 100,000 residents, per year
481 reported in the last 12 months
+19% vs. Baltimore (5,206)
All reported
10,521 per 100,000 residents, per year
816 reported in the last 12 months
+29% vs. Baltimore (8,140)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 7,756 for Penn North/Reservoir Hill. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Penn North/Reservoir Hill sits in Baltimore, and where incidents concentrate
rank 13 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.
Penn North/Reservoir Hill is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 13 of 55. Nearby in the ranking: Greater Rosemont (4,749), Midway/Coldstream (4,350), Southern Park Heights (4,139), Harbor East/Little Italy (4,079).
Blocks with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Block | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 017XX Druid Park Lake Dr | 23 | 14 | 7% |
| 0215XX W North Ave | 15 | 12 | 4% |
| 039XX Druid Park Lake Dr | 11 | 15 | 3% |
| 0424XX Etting St | 10 | 11 | 3% |
| 0525XX Francis St | 10 | 11 | 3% |
| 0628XX Woodbrook Ave | 9 | 9 | 3% |
| 0724XX Lakeview Ave | 9 | 6 | 3% |
| 0824XX Eutaw Pl | 8 | 13 | 2% |
| 0920XX Linden Ave | 8 | 6 | 2% |
| 1025XX Woodbrook Ave | 7 | 5 | 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 33% of Penn North/Reservoir Hill’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 Penn North/Reservoir Hill |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 30 |
| Nov 2025 | 23 |
| Dec 2025 | 18 |
| Jan 2026 | 23 |
| Feb 2026 | 21 |
| Mar 2026 | 21 |
| Apr 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 38 |
| Jun 2026 | 40 |
| Jul 2026 | 45 |
| Aug 2026 | 24 |
| Sep 2026 | 29 |
When crime happens in Penn North/Reservoir Hill
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Penn North/Reservoir Hill happened between 3 pm and 1 am. No day of the week stood out.
Violent crime busiest hour 6 pm
Property crime busiest hour 5 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; 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 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 am | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 8 am | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 am | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 am | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 11 am | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 12 pm | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 pm | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2 pm | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 pm | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 pm | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 pm | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 6 pm | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 7 pm | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 pm | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 11 pm | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 12 am | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 1 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 am | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 am | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 am | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 am | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total with a known time | 111 | 224 | 335 |
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 am | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 am | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 9 am | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 10 am | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 11 am | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| 12 pm | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 1 pm | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 pm | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 4 pm | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| 6 pm | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 7 pm | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 8 pm | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 9 pm | 4 | 22 | 26 |
| 10 pm | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| 11 pm | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 12 am | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 1 am | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 am | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 am | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 am | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 am | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Total with a known time | 135 | 341 | 476 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. Baltimore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 294 | 3,791 | +50% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 40 | 516 | +35% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 13 | −37% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 131 | 1,689 | −4% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 117 | 1,509 | +37% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 100 | 1,289 | +15% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 70 | 903 | +102% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 63 | 812 | +3% |
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
- 7,756 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in Baltimore, MD
- All neighborhoods
- Baltimore neighborhoods by reported crime rate