Cottage, MD crime & safety
Cottage's reported crime rate is below Maryland's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Cottage compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Not graded yet
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Cottage's police department reported only 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Cottage at a glance
2025, by type
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Local public safety
Cottage and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage | — | 0.8 | 15.2 | 2025 |
| Colmar Manor | D | 0 | 34.1 | 2025 |
| Hyattsville | D- | 5.1 | 37.4 | 2025 |
| Brentwood | — | 2.1 | 11.1 | 2025 |
| Bladensburg | D | 5 | 32.5 | 2025 |
| Mount Rainier | D | 2.9 | 22.2 | 2025 |
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 1,300, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Mostly inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage here is higher than in 28% of U.S. communities.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.