Healthcare & Safety in Takoma Park
Takoma Park's real, disclosed crime picture carries an unusually wide cross-source spread this pass -- a genuine methodological disagreement this record states plainly rather than resolving to one number.
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Learn moreA real, wide, and disclosed cross-source spread
NeighborhoodScout's own rate (74 crimes per 1,000 residents) placed Takoma Park above more than 99% of Maryland communities this pass, while CrimeGrade's separately cited rate ran substantially lower (35.68 per 1,000) and OpenCrime assigned a D safety grade with a violent-crime rate above the national average.
A conflicting resident-survey ranking
Nextdoor's own resident-survey ranking, by contrast, placed Takoma Park at #14 safest city in Maryland -- based on resident perception rather than official crime statistics, and genuinely at odds with the NeighborhoodScout and OpenCrime figures.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific area within Takoma Park is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with the Takoma Park Police Department before relocating.
Key takeaways
- Takoma Park's crime data carries a real, unusually wide cross-source spread this pass across four independent sources.
- NeighborhoodScout and OpenCrime both point toward elevated crime; CrimeGrade and Nextdoor's resident survey point toward a more moderate or favorable picture.
- This record discloses the genuine disagreement rather than resolving it to one number.
- No specific area is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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