Research Guides: Baltimore: Crime and Safety

City Sources

Baltimore City Police Department
The site has a brief history of the police department, maps of the police districts, current 90-day crime statistics mapped down to the neighborhood level, the agency's organization, and more.
Annual Reports. Baltimore City Police Department.
Government Publications - JHU Eisenhower Library has the report from 2000 forward. Previous issues of the report (1861-1980 and 2000-) are available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. No reports were published from 1980-1999. Resumed in 2000.
Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)
Mission is to conduct policy and legislative analysis, and provide staff support to the Mayor. The Office also administers Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, grants from the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to reduce crime in Baltimore.

ICPSR Data

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data

ICPSR, head quartered at the University of Michigan, is a membership-based organization providing access to one of the world'slargest archives of research and instructional data in the social sciences. Johns Hopkins University pays an annual membership fee that entitles faculty, staff, and students access to ICPSR's wide range of data and services. The following are examples of Baltimore data that is available:

Crime Changes in Baltimore, 1970-1994
Contains data that covers resident attitudes, the condition of neighborhoods, and crime rates. (Study No. 2352)
Baltimore, Maryland Crime Statistics, 1864-1920
Comes from Police Departments, Arrests, and Crime in the United States, 1860-1920. (Study No. 7708)

At other archives

Archival material from the Criminal Justice Commission
University of Baltimore. Langsdale Library.
Commission originally chartered in 1922 and became the Mayor'sCommittee on Criminal Justice in 1970. Date of the collection is 1917-1973. Hopkins students can use this collection but need to call ahead.
Ralph G. Murdy Collection, 1878-1972
Managing director and secretary of the Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission (represented the public in dealing with law enforcement). 1970's deputy police commissioner.

Books about Crime and Safety

Breaking Away from Broken Windows by Ralph Taylor
Call Number: 364.4 T245b 2001
ISBN: 0813397588
Publication Date: 2000
Wicked Baltimore by Lauren R. Silberman
Call Number: 975.26 S582w 2011
ISBN: 9781609491086
Publication Date: 2011
Baltimore Prohibition by Michael T. Walsh
Call Number: 975.26 W226b 2017
ISBN: 9781625858429
Publication Date: 2017
Homicide by David Simon
Call Number: 363.25 S594h
ISBN: 039548829X
Publication Date: 1991