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Denton Crime Rate Report (Maryland)

Denton crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 18 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Denton for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Denton in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 25.66% and the city property crime rate in Denton was higher than the national property crime rate average by 86.48%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Denton was higher than the violent crime rate in Maryland by 14.98% and the city property crime rate in Denton was higher than the property crime rate in Maryland by 57.29%.

Property and Violent Crime
Denton Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Denton Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Denton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault17
Arson0
Burglary11
Larceny and Theft130
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)161
Property Crime146
Violent Crime21
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault16
Arson0
Burglary5
Larceny and Theft90
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape5
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)119
Property Crime104
Violent Crime23

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Denton Property Crime

Denton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Denton Crime 2025

Denton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Denton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Denton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Denton, Maryland crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Denton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 18 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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