Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2015

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2015, among Massachusetts cities with a population of at least 10K, Fall River had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,140.78), followed by Chelsea (1,080.1), North Adams (1,079.33), Springfield (1,073.4), and Brockton (991.07).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2015, and the table below shows the ranking of Massachusetts cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in Massachusetts, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for Massachusetts cities.

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Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2015

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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2015

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Rank	City	Crime Rate Per 100K
1	Fall River	1140.78
2	Chelsea	1080.10
3	North Adams	1079.33
4	Springfield	1073.40
5	Brockton	991.07
6	Gardner	963.61
7	Holyoke	948.28
8	Barnstable	925.84
9	Yarmouth	912.95
10	Leominster	901.58
11	Worcester	887.24
12	Lawrence	878.59
13	Fitchburg	840.19
14	Lynn	776.59
15	West Springfield	707.42
16	Boston	706.79
17	Pittsfield	653.63
18	Webster	634.34
19	Greenfield	628.10
20	Haverhill	542.17
21	Revere	533.15
22	Amesbury	520.03
23	Falmouth	489.48
24	Wareham	485.87
25	Winthrop	484.65
26	Chicopee	482.78
27	Lowell	434.94
28	Northampton	434.57
29	Palmer	426.82
30	Southbridge	409.35
31	Hull	404.43
32	Quincy	401.41
33	Winchendon	392.74
34	Randolph	388.84
35	Malden	387.19
36	Athol	386.96
37	Dennis	371.40
38	Taunton	364.88
39	Mashpee	355.47
40	Marlborough	353.41
41	Everett	336.32
42	Harwich	328.49
43	Maynard	321.76
44	Weymouth	315.30
45	Oxford	309.49
46	Bourne	304.51
47	Nantucket	298.81
48	Peabody	296.30
49	Cambridge	295.62
50	Canton	290.15
51	Salem	290.09
52	Middleboro	287.39
53	Whitman	275.82
54	Brookline	275.54
55	Auburn	273.72
56	Pepperell	272.86
57	Tewksbury	271.45
58	Acushnet	268.17
59	Agawam	263.40
60	Mansfield	253.11
61	Saugus	251.42
62	Attleboro	247.28
63	Somerville	242.06
64	Gloucester	238.01
65	Fairhaven	230.13
66	South Hadley	226.19
67	Woburn	225.09
68	Stoughton	222.62
69	Milford	220.64
70	Dudley	218.32
71	Somerset	213.10
72	Burlington	211.70
73	Plymouth	211.23
74	Northbridge	211.01
75	Easthampton	199.59
76	Amherst	197.27
77	Bellingham	195.51
78	Stoneham	195.09
79	Spencer	194.29
80	Lunenburg	193.25
81	Westfield	191.70
82	Danvers	191.28
83	Wakefield	191.13
84	Carver	189.61
85	Medford	185.31
86	Raynham	181.53
87	Seekonk	180.81
88	Methuen	179.51
89	Leicester	176.26
90	Marshfield	174.75
91	Waltham	174.56
92	Abington	172.29
93	Millbury	170.19
94	Swansea	166.41
95	Kingston	165.53
96	Walpole	163.05
97	Dartmouth	162.61
98	Wilmington	160.79
99	Ashland	160.06
100	Beverly	152.61
101	Newburyport	149.55
102	Natick	149.24
103	East Bridgewater	146.25
104	Wilbraham	144.02
105	Grafton	140.34
106	Ludlow	139.47
107	Easton	133.00
108	Tyngsboro	129.52
109	Swampscott	127.92
110	Rehoboth	124.94
111	Westport	120.27
112	Pembroke	114.84
113	Longmeadow	113.20
114	East Longmeadow	110.98
115	Watertown	103.74
116	North Attleboro	100.12
117	Arlington	98.06
118	Acton	97.57
119	Marblehead	97.01
120	Melrose	95.67
121	Hingham	90.65
122	Duxbury	90.52
123	Sandwich	87.76
124	Newton	83.10
125	Westborough	79.43
126	Lakeville	79.37
127	Billerica	77.17
128	Norton	77.07
129	Norwood	71.98
130	Westford	70.48
131	Wrentham	69.32
132	Chelmsford	68.09
133	North Andover	67.21
134	Dracut	60.34
135	Westwood	59.72
136	Lexington	56.71
137	Bedford	55.42
138	Lynnfield	54.05
139	Northborough	53.50
140	Andover	53.43
141	Charlton	52.25
142	North Reading	51.07
143	Milton	51.00
144	Holden	47.95
145	Concord	44.95
146	Groton	43.99
147	Holliston	41.09
148	Wellesley	37.06
149	Norwell	36.71
150	Ipswich	36.28
151	Belmont	31.14
152	Needham	29.50
153	Winchester	26.67
154	Hudson	25.09
155	Reading	23.34
156	Clinton	21.76
157	Franklin	12.09
158	Sudbury	10.50
159	Norfolk	8.37
160	Wayland	7.31
161	Hanover	6.91
162	Hopkinton	0.00
162	Sharon	0.00
162	Weston	0.00