Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017

Updated on October 15, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, among Massachusetts cities with a population of at least 10K, Groton had the highest Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crime Rate per 100K residents (35.05), followed by Lawrence (13.6), Lynn (12.88), Holyoke (9.89), and Hull (9.48).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter crime rate in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of Massachusetts cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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 Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
Groton
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Lynn
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Hull
Pittsfield
Springfield
New Bedford
Boston
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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Groton 35.05
2 Lawrence 13.60
3 Lynn 12.88
4 Holyoke 9.89
5 Hull 9.48
6 Pittsfield 9.40
7 Springfield 9.06
8 New Bedford 8.41
9 Boston 8.35
10 Chelsea 7.41
11 Brockton 7.29
12 Mashpee 7.01
13 Milford 6.95
14 Fairhaven 6.18
15 Foxborough 5.67
16 Chicopee 5.33
17 Gardner 4.88
18 Leominster 4.78
19 Haverhill 4.74
20 Yarmouth 4.28
21 Everett 4.24
22 Peabody 3.79
23 Revere 3.74
24 West Springfield 3.49
25 Fall River 3.37
26 Needham 3.22
27 Randolph 2.96
28 Worcester 2.70
29 Billerica 2.32
30 Barnstable 2.27
31 Attleboro 2.24
32 Cambridge 1.79
33 Weymouth 1.77
34 Plymouth 1.67
35 Malden 1.64
36 Waltham 1.58
37 Somerville 1.22
38 Lowell 0.90
39 Abington 0.00
39 Acton 0.00
39 Acushnet 0.00
39 Agawam 0.00
39 Amesbury 0.00
39 Amherst 0.00
39 Andover 0.00
39 Arlington 0.00
39 Ashland 0.00
39 Athol 0.00
39 Auburn 0.00
39 Bedford 0.00
39 Belchertown 0.00
39 Bellingham 0.00
39 Belmont 0.00
39 Beverly 0.00
39 Bourne 0.00
39 Braintree 0.00
39 Bridgewater 0.00
39 Brookline 0.00
39 Burlington 0.00
39 Canton 0.00
39 Carver 0.00
39 Charlton 0.00
39 Chelmsford 0.00
39 Clinton 0.00
39 Concord 0.00
39 Danvers 0.00
39 Dartmouth 0.00
39 Dedham 0.00
39 Dennis 0.00
39 Dracut 0.00
39 Dudley 0.00
39 Duxbury 0.00
39 East Bridgewater 0.00
39 Easthampton 0.00
39 East Longmeadow 0.00
39 Easton 0.00
39 Falmouth 0.00
39 Fitchburg 0.00
39 Framingham 0.00
39 Franklin 0.00
39 Gloucester 0.00
39 Grafton 0.00
39 Greenfield 0.00
39 Hanover 0.00
39 Hanson 0.00
39 Harwich 0.00
39 Hingham 0.00
39 Holbrook 0.00
39 Holden 0.00
39 Holliston 0.00
39 Hopkinton 0.00
39 Hudson 0.00
39 Ipswich 0.00
39 Kingston 0.00
39 Lakeville 0.00
39 Leicester 0.00
39 Littleton 0.00
39 Longmeadow 0.00
39 Ludlow 0.00
39 Lunenburg 0.00
39 Lynnfield 0.00
39 Mansfield 0.00
39 Marblehead 0.00
39 Marlborough 0.00
39 Marshfield 0.00
39 Maynard 0.00
39 Medford 0.00
39 Medway 0.00
39 Melrose 0.00
39 Methuen 0.00
39 Middleboro 0.00
39 Millbury 0.00
39 Milton 0.00
39 Nantucket 0.00
39 Natick 0.00
39 Newburyport 0.00
39 Newton 0.00
39 Norfolk 0.00
39 North Adams 0.00
39 Northampton 0.00
39 North Andover 0.00
39 North Attleboro 0.00
39 Northborough 0.00
39 Northbridge 0.00
39 North Reading 0.00
39 Norton 0.00
39 Norwell 0.00
39 Norwood 0.00
39 Oxford 0.00
39 Palmer 0.00
39 Pembroke 0.00
39 Pepperell 0.00
39 Quincy 0.00
39 Raynham 0.00
39 Reading 0.00
39 Rehoboth 0.00
39 Salem 0.00
39 Sandwich 0.00
39 Saugus 0.00
39 Seekonk 0.00
39 Sharon 0.00
39 Shrewsbury 0.00
39 Somerset 0.00
39 Southborough 0.00
39 Southbridge 0.00
39 South Hadley 0.00
39 Spencer 0.00
39 Stoneham 0.00
39 Stoughton 0.00
39 Sudbury 0.00
39 Swampscott 0.00
39 Swansea 0.00
39 Taunton 0.00
39 Tewksbury 0.00
39 Tyngsboro 0.00
39 Wakefield 0.00
39 Walpole 0.00
39 Wareham 0.00
39 Watertown 0.00
39 Wayland 0.00
39 Webster 0.00
39 Wellesley 0.00
39 Westborough 0.00
39 Westfield 0.00
39 Westford 0.00
39 Weston 0.00
39 Westport 0.00
39 Westwood 0.00
39 Whitman 0.00
39 Wilbraham 0.00
39 Wilmington 0.00
39 Winchendon 0.00
39 Winchester 0.00
39 Winthrop 0.00
39 Woburn 0.00
39 Wrentham 0.00