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The South > Maryland > Crime

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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 6.9% [16th of 40]
Aggravated assault 22,011 [14th of 51]
Arson deaths 5.91 [10th of 49]
Burglary 37,457 [20th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder, either premeditated or during the commission of a felony, provided that certain death eligibility requirements are satisfied.
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 4 [23rd of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [14th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 4 [19th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 5 [21st of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 73 [21st of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 6 [30th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 2 [31st of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 11.5 [23rd of 51]
Forcible rape 1,178 [29th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 74.2 [3rd of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 11 [40th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 14.8 [47th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 521 [11th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [34th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 12 [20th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 135 [8th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 52 [6th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 13 [21st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 212 [10th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 552 [10th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 4.7% [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 32.8% [6th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 29.2% [10th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 20% [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 7.8% [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 2.9% [41st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 2% [43rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 8.2% [14th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 68.2% [1st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.5% [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 1.3% [25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 76.4% [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 1.8% [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 21.8% [48th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 19 % [43rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 81 % [7th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 67.6 % [18th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 12.3 % [28th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 20.1 % [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 4.5% [48th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 17.2% [47th of 49]
Larceny-theft 127,497 [18th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 27 [16th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 4.821 per 1 million people [18th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 29 [26th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 5.178 per 1 million people [29th of 44]
Lynchings > White 2 [38th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 0.357 per 1 million people [40th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 30,522 [11th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 546 [9th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 23,285 [21st of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 4.158 per 1,000 people [23rd of 50]
Property crime total 195,476 [17th of 51]
Robbery 14,375 [9th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 135 [23rd of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 24.105 per 1 million people [27th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 127 [29th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 2.268 per 100,000 people [31st of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 141 [12th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.252 per 10,000 people [9th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 6 [3rd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 1.071 per 1 million people [3rd of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 13 [6th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 2.321 per 1 million people [7th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 50 [6th of 40]
Violent crime 38,110 [12th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 118 [49th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 2.107 per 100,000 people [48th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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