FBI arson data · 2024
Maryland Arson
489 arson offenses were reported by 228 Maryland law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.4% of the national total. The most was reported by Baltimore County Police Department (129).
Maryland agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore County Police Department | County | Baltimore County | 129 |
| Baltimore Police Department | City | Baltimore city | 116 |
| State Fire Marshal | Other State Agency | Baltimore County | 83 |
| Howard County Police Department | County | Howard County | 29 |
| Frederick County Sheriff's Office | County | Frederick County | 8 |
| Montgomery County Police Department | County | Montgomery County | 8 |
| Maryland-National Capital Park Police: Prince George's County | Other | Prince George's County | 8 |
| Cumberland Police Department | City | Allegany County | 7 |
| Elkton Police Department | City | Cecil County | 7 |
| Harford County Sheriff's Office | County | Harford County | 7 |
| Annapolis Police Department | City | Anne Arundel County | 5 |
| Calvert County Sheriff's Office | County | Calvert County | 5 |
| Westminster Police Department | City | Carroll County | 5 |
| Charles County Sheriff's Office | County | Charles County | 5 |
| Prince George's County Police Department | County | Prince George's County | 5 |
| St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office | County | St. Mary's County | 5 |
| Caroline County Sheriff's Office | County | Caroline County | 4 |
| Frederick Police Department | City | Frederick County | 4 |
| Maryland-National Capital Park Police: Montgomery County | Other | Montgomery County | 4 |
| Morgan State University | University or College | Baltimore city | 3 |
| Transit Administration | Other State Agency | Anne Arundel County | 3 |
| Carroll County Sheriff's Office | County | Carroll County | 3 |
| Salisbury Police Department | City | Wicomico County | 3 |
| Natural Resources Police | Other State Agency | Anne Arundel County | 2 |
| Takoma Park Police Department | City | Montgomery County | 2 |
Maryland arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Maryland arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Maryland in 2024?+
489 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 228 Maryland law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 48 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Maryland?+
Baltimore County Police Department, with 129 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Baltimore County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Maryland?+
Maryland's 489 reported arsons were 1.4% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.