Ocean Pines among ‘Safest Cities’

(April 23, 2020) Once again, Ocean Pines is being recognized as one of the safest communities in Maryland.  

The latest report from website Safewise, published on April 20, lists Ocean Pines as the second safest “city” in Maryland, just behind Taneytown. Ocean Pines ranked number seven on the 2019 list of “Maryland’s Safest Cities.” 

This year, no other community in the area made the top 10.   

Safewise uses FBI crime statistics and U.S. Census data to determine its rankings. The 2020 rankings were based on 2018 FBI crime reports, the most recent available at the time. 

In compiling its rankings, the site considers both violent and property crime rates, and then averages those against the total population, per 1,000 people.  

According to Safewise, Ocean Pines had a violent crime rate of 1.1 instances per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 4.2 per 1,000. Both of those figures are lower than the prior two years. 

Taneytown had a higher property crime rate, 7.2, but reported no incidences of violent crime in 2018, according to Safewise.  

 Nearby Salisbury ranked 34th on the safest cities list, followed by Cambridge at 35 and Ocean City at 38.  

“We’re proud to serve the citizens of Ocean Pines, where the goal is always to keep crime as low as possible,” Police Chief David Massey said. “It’s a great community and we get a lot of citizen involvement that helps us continue to be one of the safest communities in the state.” 

To view the full report, visit https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-maryland.