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Boston MA Crime Rate 1999-2018

Interactive chart of the Boston, Massachusetts violent crime rate and statistics by year from 1999 to 2018. In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime statistics are composed of four offenses: murder/homicide and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses which involve force or threat of force.
  • The Boston MA crime rate for 2018 was 622.45 per 100,000 population, a 6.99% decline from 2017.
  • The Boston MA crime rate for 2017 was 669.2 per 100,000 population, a 5.4% decline from 2016.
  • The Boston MA crime rate for 2016 was 707.4 per 100,000 population, a 0.09% increase from 2015.
  • The Boston MA crime rate for 2015 was 706.79 per 100,000 population, a 2.6% decline from 2014.
  
Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime in the U.S.

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Other Cities in MA
City Name Population Rate
Fall River 89,475 1,014.81
Springfield 155,179 988.54
Holyoke 40,470 966.15
Brockton 95,922 904.90
Pittsfield 42,298 841.65
North Adams 12,858 777.73
Montague 8,235 704.31
Wareham 22,747 703.39
Worcester 186,188 682.64
Chelsea 40,974 676.04
Hadley 5,347 635.87
New Bedford 95,106 634.03
Webster 17,051 633.39
Boston 694,673 622.45
Lawrence 80,669 619.82
Edgartown 4,357 619.69
Provincetown 2,960 608.11
Lynn 94,558 595.40
West Springfield 28,802 583.29
Fitchburg 40,836 582.82
Tisbury 4,131 580.97
Greenfield 17,443 579.03
Haverhill 64,012 559.27
Oak Bluffs 4,699 532.03
Southbridge 16,933 525.60
Leominster 41,727 524.84
Athol 11,721 486.31
Yarmouth 23,269 485.62
Revere 54,296 477.01
Ware 9,850 467.01
Palmer 12,320 462.66
Dennis 13,872 454.15
Gardner 20,704 444.36
Middleboro 25,125 441.79
Ayer 8,246 436.58
Taunton 57,304 424.05
Marlborough 40,052 416.96
Northampton 28,587 395.28
Plymouth 60,349 381.12
Barnstable 44,015 377.14
Quincy 94,388 372.93
Everett 47,005 368.05
Agawam 28,955 362.63
Falmouth 31,033 351.24
Framingham 72,510 348.92
Winchendon 10,933 347.57
Fairhaven 16,076 342.12
Canton 23,709 341.64
Erving 1,762 340.52
Mashpee 14,215 330.64
Nantucket 11,388 324.90
Lowell 111,989 324.14
Brewster 9,831 315.33
Randolph 34,535 312.73
Leicester 11,435 306.08
Peabody 53,209 298.82
Lee 5,694 298.56
Amherst 40,242 298.20
Cambridge 114,881 295.09
Malden 61,469 292.83
Adams 8,036 286.21
Weymouth 57,069 280.36
Hanson 10,858 276.29
West Tisbury 2,920 273.97
Gill 1,498 267.02
Westfield 41,854 265.21
Stoughton 28,729 264.54
Great Barrington 6,821 263.89
Tewksbury 31,561 259.81
Carver 11,743 255.47
Freetown 9,404 255.21
Whitman 15,093 251.77
Truro 2,004 249.50
Abington 16,443 249.35
Sturbridge 9,626 249.32
Foxborough 17,667 249.05
Monson 8,890 247.47
Hudson 20,060 239.28
Gloucester 30,356 237.19
Oxford 14,015 235.46
Saugus 28,471 231.81
Bourne 19,894 231.23
Douglas 8,925 224.09
Lenox 4,941 222.63
Attleboro 44,719 219.15
Somerville 82,161 215.43
Somerset 18,166 214.69
Dalton 6,556 213.54
Ludlow 21,590 213.06
Easthampton 16,050 211.84
Milford 29,056 209.94
Salisbury 9,567 209.05
Holbrook 11,052 208.11
Westport 15,959 206.78
Bridgewater 27,584 206.64
Eastham 4,871 205.30
Rutland 8,803 204.48
Dudley 11,807 203.27
Hardwick 3,029 198.09
Harwich 12,130 197.86
Maynard 10,744 195.46
Danvers 27,703 194.92
Dartmouth 34,322 192.30
Salem 43,634 190.22
Kingston 13,700 189.78
Bernardston 2,108 189.75
Raynham 14,320 188.55
Mattapoisett 6,369 188.41
Waltham 62,655 186.74
Lancaster 8,074 185.78
Templeton 8,156 183.91
Sherborn 4,351 183.87
Wellfleet 2,733 182.95
Amesbury 17,623 181.58
Acushnet 10,576 179.65
Easton 25,225 178.39
Southampton 6,254 175.89
Marion 5,134 175.30
Becket 1,716 174.83
Swansea 16,619 174.50
Southwick 9,810 173.29
Auburn 16,771 172.92
Nahant 3,513 170.79
East Longmeadow 16,398 170.75
Middleton 9,991 170.15
Plympton 2,988 167.34
Walpole 25,204 166.64
Egremont 1,202 166.39
Westminster 7,835 165.92
Belchertown 15,165 164.85
Seekonk 15,820 164.35
Northbridge 16,759 161.11
Tyngsboro 12,499 160.01
Stockbridge 1,900 157.89
Sutton 9,527 157.45
Hingham 23,588 156.86
Medway 13,406 156.65
Lunenburg 11,498 156.55
Oakham 1,952 153.69
Wakefield 27,447 153.02
Natick 36,717 152.52
East Bridgewater 14,558 151.12
Spencer 11,989 150.14
Stoneham 22,135 149.09
Winthrop 18,783 149.07
Wilbraham 14,760 149.05
Chatham 6,174 145.77
Burlington 27,562 145.13
Mansfield 24,050 141.37
Rowley 6,392 140.80
Deerfield 5,012 139.66
Braintree 37,345 139.24
Orleans 5,809 137.72
Millbury 13,802 137.66
West Boylston 8,103 135.75
South Hadley 17,799 134.84
Northfield 2,982 134.14
Norwood 29,267 133.26
Shirley 7,724 129.47
Dracut 31,917 128.46
Whately 1,559 128.29
Marshfield 25,922 127.30
Newbury 7,135 126.14
Medford 57,997 125.87
Rochester 5,623 124.49
Ashland 17,860 123.18
Lakeville 11,525 121.48
Hatfield 3,302 121.14
Williamsburg 2,493 120.34
Dunstable 3,407 117.41
Woburn 39,895 115.30
Sandwich 20,248 113.59
North Andover 31,394 111.49
Grafton 18,900 111.11
Bellingham 17,184 110.57
Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,428 110.54
Sudbury 19,037 110.31
Granby 6,347 110.29
Sunderland 3,638 109.95
Acton 24,038 108.16
Southborough 10,187 107.98
Plainville 9,281 107.75
Pepperell 12,234 106.26
Berkley 6,748 103.73
North Reading 15,849 100.95
Beverly 42,114 99.73
Ipswich 14,107 99.24
Newburyport 18,146 99.20
New Braintree 1,028 97.28
Marblehead 20,652 96.84
Groton 11,462 95.97
Hampden 5,213 95.91
North Attleboro 29,208 95.86
Charlton 13,652 95.22
Ashburnham 6,335 94.71
Brookline 59,199 94.60
Longmeadow 15,898 94.35
Townsend 9,600 93.75
Berlin 3,222 93.11
Topsfield 6,628 90.53
Avon 4,514 88.61
Westborough 19,226 88.42
Chelmsford 35,264 87.91
Littleton 10,292 87.45
Methuen 50,676 86.83
Sterling 8,181 85.56
Wilmington 24,005 83.32
Billerica 44,482 83.18
West Bridgewater 7,272 82.51
Pembroke 18,446 81.32
Norwell 11,144 80.76
Holliston 14,924 80.41
Scituate 18,761 79.95
Holland 2,502 79.94
Watertown 36,320 79.85
Pelham 1,326 75.41
Boxborough 6,634 75.37
Arlington 45,876 74.11
Lincoln 6,839 73.11
Clinton 14,009 71.38
Sharon 18,373 70.76
Norton 19,983 70.06
Stow 7,171 69.73
Cohasset 8,665 69.24
Rockport 7,284 68.64
Mendon 6,130 65.25
Rehoboth 12,268 65.21
Newton 89,505 64.80
Boylston 4,674 64.18
Williamstown 7,845 63.73
Upton 7,979 62.66
Westwood 16,267 61.47
Paxton 4,888 61.37
Harvard 6,572 60.86
Swampscott 15,380 58.52
Merrimac 6,993 57.20
Wenham 5,299 56.61
Wales 1,902 52.58
Melrose 28,552 52.54
Needham 31,264 51.18
Halifax 7,901 50.63
Bedford 14,319 48.89
Westford 24,649 48.68
Duxbury 16,049 43.62
Milton 27,642 43.41
West Newbury 4,694 42.61
Wrentham 11,952 41.83
Concord 19,459 41.11
Weston 12,264 40.77
Wellesley 29,681 40.43
Hopedale 5,984 33.42
Blackstone 9,345 32.10
Lynnfield 13,141 30.44
Dedham 25,437 27.52
Winchester 23,036 26.05
Hamilton 8,088 24.73
Boxford 8,355 23.94
Lexington 34,050 23.49
Georgetown 8,757 22.84
Andover 36,324 19.27
Reading 26,293 19.02
Carlisle 5,289 18.91
Belmont 26,700 18.73
Franklin 33,156 15.08
Hanover 14,521 13.77
Hopkinton 18,516 10.80
Shrewsbury 37,631 10.63
Norfolk 11,872 8.42
Wayland 14,088 7.10
Shelburne 1,842 0.00
Princeton 3,458 0.00
Northborough 15,124 0.00
Millville 3,260 0.00
Groveland 6,833 0.00
Goshen 1,067 0.00
Dover 6,104 0.00
Chilmark 923 0.00
Bolton 5,335 0.00
Aquinnah 329 0.00
Historical Violent Crime Rate per 100,000 Population
Year Boston MA US
2018 622.45 338.11 380.56
2017 669.20 354.32 394.86
2016 707.40 380.66 397.52
2015 706.79 389.92 373.74
2014 725.69 395.09 361.55
2013 782.39 406.39 369.13
2012 835.01 407.01 387.75
2011 845.24 427.30 387.06
2010 903.48 468.88 404.50
2009 991.95 462.62 431.88
2008 1,104.45 463.79 458.61
2007 1,155.18 441.68 471.77
2006 1,339.45 500.48 479.34
2005 1,317.68 460.79 469.04
2004 1,192.41 460.23 463.16
2003 1,216.19 473.14 475.84
2002 0.00 484.86 494.38
2001 0.00 477.80 504.52
2000 0.00 476.13 506.53
1999 0.00 550.96 522.95