Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2016
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, the Massachusetts city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Boston (19,256), followed by Worcester (7,005), Springfield (6,707), New Bedford (3,765), and Brockton (3,332).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of Massachusetts cities with high number of Total crimes.
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 Total 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.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2016
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | 19256 |
| 2 | Worcester | 7005 |
| 3 | Springfield | 6707 |
| 4 | New Bedford | 3765 |
| 5 | Brockton | 3332 |
| 6 | Fall River | 2681 |
| 7 | Cambridge | 2669 |
| 8 | Lynn | 2640 |
| 9 | Lowell | 2592 |
| 10 | Holyoke | 2461 |
| 11 | Lawrence | 2106 |
| 12 | Quincy | 1920 |
| 13 | Chicopee | 1583 |
| 14 | Somerville | 1419 |
| 15 | Revere | 1407 |
| 16 | West Springfield | 1397 |
| 17 | Pittsfield | 1365 |
| 18 | Haverhill | 1362 |
| 19 | Chelsea | 1289 |
| 20 | Leominster | 1214 |
| 21 | Salem | 1166 |
| 22 | Fitchburg | 1162 |
| 23 | Framingham | 1042 |
| 24 | Taunton | 959 |
| 25 | Barnstable | 912 |
| 26 | Methuen | 903 |
| 27 | Peabody | 891 |
| 28 | Malden | 886 |
| 29 | Attleboro | 876 |
| 29 | Dartmouth | 876 |
| 30 | Everett | 799 |
| 31 | Waltham | 789 |
| 32 | Medford | 759 |
| 33 | Braintree | 754 |
| 34 | Falmouth | 747 |
| 35 | Northampton | 736 |
| 36 | Marlborough | 723 |
| 37 | Weymouth | 690 |
| 38 | Newton | 688 |
| 39 | Saugus | 663 |
| 40 | Danvers | 648 |
| 40 | Westfield | 648 |
| 41 | Brookline | 624 |
| 42 | North Adams | 615 |
| 43 | Wareham | 573 |
| 44 | Agawam | 572 |
| 45 | Randolph | 570 |
| 46 | Natick | 556 |
| 47 | Gardner | 531 |
| 48 | Woburn | 528 |
| 49 | Stoughton | 525 |
| 50 | Dedham | 514 |
| 51 | Burlington | 508 |
| 52 | Yarmouth | 487 |
| 53 | Greenfield | 486 |
| 54 | Plymouth | 471 |
| 55 | North Attleboro | 469 |
| 56 | Auburn | 456 |
| 57 | Chelmsford | 452 |
| 58 | Dracut | 442 |
| 59 | Watertown | 438 |
| 60 | Fairhaven | 429 |
| 61 | Webster | 419 |
| 62 | Milford | 416 |
| 63 | Beverly | 396 |
| 64 | Dennis | 377 |
| 65 | Tewksbury | 365 |
| 66 | Bellingham | 356 |
| 67 | Seekonk | 349 |
| 68 | Middleboro | 345 |
| 69 | Ludlow | 341 |
| 70 | Southbridge | 339 |
| 71 | Nantucket | 332 |
| 72 | Norwood | 330 |
| 73 | Amherst | 329 |
| 74 | Bourne | 307 |
| 75 | Gloucester | 304 |
| 76 | Raynham | 300 |
| 77 | Walpole | 289 |
| 78 | Arlington | 285 |
| 79 | Swansea | 279 |
| 80 | Canton | 277 |
| 80 | South Hadley | 277 |
| 81 | Abington | 274 |
| 81 | Stoneham | 274 |
| 82 | Wakefield | 272 |
| 83 | Athol | 263 |
| 84 | Palmer | 262 |
| 85 | Easton | 261 |
| 85 | Somerset | 261 |
| 86 | Mansfield | 248 |
| 87 | Millbury | 246 |
| 88 | Billerica | 244 |
| 89 | Andover | 242 |
| 89 | Lunenburg | 242 |
| 90 | Montague | 238 |
| 91 | Hudson | 235 |
| 92 | Melrose | 233 |
| 93 | Hadley | 232 |
| 93 | Milton | 232 |
| 93 | Northbridge | 232 |
| 94 | Ware | 228 |
| 94 | Winthrop | 228 |
| 95 | Oxford | 223 |
| 96 | Wilmington | 221 |
| 97 | Hingham | 220 |
| 97 | Wrentham | 220 |
| 98 | Winchendon | 219 |
| 99 | Easthampton | 218 |
| 100 | East Longmeadow | 213 |
| 101 | Newburyport | 209 |
| 102 | Sturbridge | 202 |
| 103 | Swampscott | 201 |
| 104 | Westwood | 196 |
| 105 | Acton | 193 |
| 106 | North Andover | 192 |
| 107 | Avon | 191 |
| 107 | Belmont | 191 |
| 108 | Salisbury | 188 |
| 109 | Reading | 187 |
| 110 | Wilbraham | 186 |
| 111 | Needham | 183 |
| 111 | Sandwich | 183 |
| 112 | Shrewsbury | 180 |
| 113 | Mashpee | 177 |
| 114 | Harwich | 176 |
| 115 | Leicester | 172 |
| 115 | Wellesley | 172 |
| 115 | Westport | 172 |
| 116 | Marblehead | 170 |
| 116 | Winchester | 170 |
| 117 | Kingston | 164 |
| 118 | Marshfield | 159 |
| 118 | Westborough | 159 |
| 119 | Lexington | 155 |
| 120 | East Bridgewater | 154 |
| 120 | Lakeville | 154 |
| 120 | Whitman | 154 |
| 121 | Acushnet | 153 |
| 122 | Longmeadow | 152 |
| 123 | Concord | 151 |
| 124 | Northborough | 149 |
| 125 | West Bridgewater | 144 |
| 126 | Williamstown | 142 |
| 127 | Adams | 141 |
| 128 | Spencer | 140 |
| 129 | Ashland | 137 |
| 130 | Ayer | 134 |
| 131 | Carver | 132 |
| 132 | Freetown | 129 |
| 133 | Orange | 127 |
| 134 | Provincetown | 125 |
| 135 | Pembroke | 123 |
| 136 | Rehoboth | 122 |
| 137 | Hanover | 118 |
| 137 | Orleans | 118 |
| 138 | Brewster | 117 |
| 139 | Lee | 115 |
| 140 | Pepperell | 113 |
| 140 | Plainville | 113 |
| 141 | Edgartown | 109 |
| 141 | Grafton | 109 |
| 141 | Tisbury | 109 |
| 141 | Westford | 109 |
| 142 | Hull | 107 |
| 143 | Duxbury | 105 |
| 143 | Southwick | 105 |
| 144 | Ipswich | 102 |
| 145 | Franklin | 99 |
| 145 | Lynnfield | 99 |
| 145 | Sutton | 99 |
| 146 | West Boylston | 98 |
| 147 | Belchertown | 96 |
| 148 | Monson | 94 |
| 149 | Charlton | 91 |
| 149 | Maynard | 91 |
| 149 | Westminster | 91 |
| 150 | Littleton | 89 |
| 151 | Dudley | 88 |
| 151 | Lenox | 88 |
| 152 | Cohasset | 86 |
| 153 | Halifax | 83 |
| 154 | Chatham | 82 |
| 154 | Hanson | 82 |
| 154 | Norwell | 82 |
| 155 | North Reading | 80 |
| 156 | Rutland | 79 |
| 157 | Blackstone | 78 |
| 157 | Great Barrington | 78 |
| 158 | Dalton | 76 |
| 158 | Sharon | 76 |
| 159 | Tyngsboro | 75 |
| 160 | Mattapoisett | 70 |
| 161 | Holden | 69 |
| 161 | Templeton | 69 |
| 162 | Holliston | 66 |
| 162 | Hopkinton | 66 |
| 162 | Sterling | 66 |
| 163 | Eastham | 65 |
| 164 | Clinton | 64 |
| 165 | Lancaster | 63 |
| 166 | Deerfield | 62 |
| 166 | Middleton | 62 |
| 166 | Weston | 62 |
| 167 | Hampden | 61 |
| 167 | Townsend | 61 |
| 168 | Dighton | 60 |
| 169 | Medway | 59 |
| 169 | Shirley | 59 |
| 170 | Southborough | 58 |
| 171 | Ashburnham | 56 |
| 171 | Granby | 56 |
| 172 | Bedford | 55 |
| 173 | Douglas | 54 |
| 173 | Groton | 54 |
| 174 | Bolton | 53 |
| 175 | Georgetown | 49 |
| 176 | Sudbury | 48 |
| 177 | Harvard | 47 |
| 177 | Lincoln | 47 |
| 178 | Marion | 46 |
| 179 | Merrimac | 45 |
| 179 | Rochester | 45 |
| 180 | Stow | 44 |
| 181 | Norton | 43 |
| 182 | Mendon | 41 |
| 183 | Berkley | 40 |
| 183 | Hardwick | 40 |
| 184 | Newbury | 39 |
| 185 | Dover | 38 |
| 185 | Erving | 38 |
| 186 | Wellfleet | 35 |
| 187 | Hamilton | 34 |
| 187 | Rowley | 34 |
| 188 | Sunderland | 30 |
| 188 | Truro | 30 |
| 188 | Upton | 30 |
| 189 | Nahant | 29 |
| 189 | Northfield | 29 |
| 190 | Boxborough | 28 |
| 190 | Stockbridge | 28 |
| 191 | Boylston | 27 |
| 191 | Hopedale | 27 |
| 192 | West Newbury | 26 |
| 192 | West Tisbury | 26 |
| 193 | Norfolk | 25 |
| 194 | Carlisle | 24 |
| 195 | Brimfield | 23 |
| 195 | Paxton | 23 |
| 196 | Dunstable | 22 |
| 197 | Princeton | 21 |
| 197 | Rockport | 21 |
| 198 | Bernardston | 20 |
| 198 | Leverett | 20 |
| 198 | Manchester-by-the-Sea | 20 |
| 199 | East Brookfield | 19 |
| 200 | Millville | 18 |
| 201 | Wenham | 17 |
| 201 | Whately | 17 |
| 202 | Sherborn | 16 |
| 202 | Williamsburg | 16 |
| 203 | Becket | 15 |
| 203 | Boxford | 15 |
| 203 | Hatfield | 15 |
| 204 | Berlin | 14 |
| 204 | Topsfield | 14 |
| 205 | Groveland | 13 |
| 206 | Plympton | 12 |
| 207 | Chilmark | 11 |
| 207 | Wayland | 11 |
| 208 | Shelburne | 10 |
| 209 | Oakham | 9 |
| 209 | Pelham | 9 |
| 210 | Wales | 8 |
| 211 | Egremont | 5 |
| 212 | Goshen | 4 |