Is ZIP code 21230 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 21230 scores in the 99.2th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Extreme Crime rating: in the top one percent of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 21230 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 21230 compare with the rest of Maryland?

It ranks #5 of 352 scored ZIP codes in Maryland, against a state median of the 67.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #85 of 13,225.

Crime Score for ZIP 21230, Baltimore, MD

Baltimore · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Extreme Crime

Higher crime than 99.23% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#85

of 13,225 scored ZIPs

Maryland rank

of 352 in state

Score index

947.8

crime intensity

Snapshot

July 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 21230 covers part of Baltimore in Maryland. In July 2026 it scored in the 99.2th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Extreme Crime rating, in the top one percent of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #85, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Maryland it ranks #5 of 352. That is 31.5 points above the Maryland median of 67.8. It fell 0.08 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 99.31 to 99.23.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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Monthly history

Month	Percentile	National rank	State rank
July 2026(latest)	99.23	#85	#5
June 2026	99.31	#85	#7

Touching ZIP codes

5 of 8 score lower than 21230. These share a boundary with it.

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Questions about 21230

Is ZIP code 21230 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 21230 scores in the 99.2th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Extreme Crime rating: in the top one percent of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 21230 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 21230 compare with the rest of Maryland?: It ranks #5 of 352 scored ZIP codes in Maryland, against a state median of the 67.8th percentile. Nationally it ranks #85 of 13,225.

Model version (hash)3ef8ff3787b53005612f2a998b63f554943c49a437e9a2f08b72714679d336d0

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.