FBI UCR Homicide Data — 16 recorded incidents
Rising Sun, Maryland has recorded 16 homicides over the tracked period, with 19 victims identified. Tracking continues through 2026. The city ranks #281 among 339 U.S. cities tracked by the FBI, with a clearance rate of 13% — meaning an arrest or suspect identification was made in 2 of those incidents, while 8 remain open. The weapon mix skews toward firearm - handguns (roughly 69% of cases with weapon data), with knife/cutting instrument as the next-most-frequent categories. Reporting is dominated by Rising Sun Police Department, which filed 16 incident reports. The annual homicide count runs 83% below the per-city average for the FBI's tracking universe. Maryland's statewide firearms policy — a permit-to-purchase handgun regime — is part of the regulatory backdrop for the local dynamic, even as the city-level pattern is shaped most directly by community-level conditions and the broader opioid and fentanyl crisis. For broader statewide context, see our Maryland state homicide data page. The Murder Channel's Maryland coverage provides ongoing context for this city's homicide patterns as new FBI UCR reports are released.