Is Frederick safe? United States travel risk
Is Frederick safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Frederick scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Frederick scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Frederick: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 39.4337° N, 77.4141° W place Frederick within Maryland at an elevation of 87 meters. Heading to Washington: 68.1 km SSE.
Maryland
39.4337° N, 77.4141° W
87 m
America/New_York
196,743
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Frederick happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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