Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent 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, North Adams had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,490.58), followed by Holyoke (1,082.79), Fall River (988.63), Brockton (955.05), and Pittsfield (881.4).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2017, 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.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 North Adams 1490.58
2 Holyoke 1082.79
3 Fall River 988.63
4 Brockton 955.05
5 Pittsfield 881.40
6 Springfield 874.08
7 Chelsea 777.51
8 Fitchburg 739.28
9 Webster 728.54
10 Worcester 726.61
11 Lawrence 723.20
12 Lynn 715.05
13 Yarmouth 680.36
14 Boston 669.20
15 New Bedford 665.57
16 Greenfield 629.94
17 Haverhill 618.24
18 West Springfield 607.65
19 Northampton 579.80
20 Wareham 567.21
21 Leominster 559.19
22 Southbridge 521.95
23 Chicopee 513.73
24 Athol 498.71
25 Gardner 483.14
26 Revere 464.20
27 Barnstable 446.29
28 Nantucket 420.96
29 Dennis 415.00
30 Palmer 412.00
31 Quincy 407.59
32 Falmouth 390.64
33 Taunton 385.65
34 Canton 382.15
35 Marlborough 380.77
36 Stoughton 362.65
37 Randolph 357.60
38 Holbrook 352.50
39 Middleboro 350.82
40 Malden 338.80
41 Everett 332.73
42 Framingham 325.70
43 Dudley 313.53
44 Winchendon 305.22
45 Acushnet 303.40
46 Peabody 290.21
47 Lowell 289.32
48 Hanson 285.45
49 Amesbury 283.51
50 Bridgewater 280.89
51 Mashpee 280.27
52 Cambridge 280.20
53 Hull 274.80
54 Gloucester 273.52
55 Tewksbury 272.04
56 Attleboro 269.02
57 Salem 267.37
58 Weymouth 260.72
59 Saugus 258.49
60 Easthampton 255.28
61 Foxborough 255.16
62 Plymouth 252.50
63 Westfield 251.59
64 Amherst 248.06
65 Auburn 247.54
66 Fairhaven 247.10
67 Raynham 242.03
68 Ludlow 241.54
69 Leicester 237.49
70 Northbridge 233.38
71 Walpole 233.09
72 Somerville 232.00
73 Agawam 228.86
74 Lunenburg 217.83
75 Carver 214.21
76 Dartmouth 209.76
77 Bourne 206.37
78 Abington 201.60
79 Milford 201.59
80 Andover 200.57
81 Burlington 198.67
82 Kingston 198.31
83 Winthrop 196.52
84 Maynard 195.24
85 Somerset 191.90
86 Harwich 189.30
87 Methuen 186.52
88 Marblehead 174.61
89 Danvers 170.41
90 Wakefield 170.06
91 Sandwich 166.98
92 Whitman 166.67
93 Belchertown 165.60
94 Easton 165.45
95 Bellingham 163.54
95 Mansfield 163.54
96 Spencer 159.40
97 Woburn 158.78
98 Lakeville 156.50
99 Seekonk 154.63
100 Waltham 154.54
101 Millbury 154.12
102 Medford 153.26
103 North Reading 152.09
104 South Hadley 151.65
105 Oxford 150.48
106 East Longmeadow 147.35
107 Westport 144.48
108 Norwood 143.87
109 Newburyport 143.71
110 Charlton 140.50
111 Swansea 132.55
112 Dracut 129.40
113 Braintree 127.73
114 Chelmsford 127.15
115 Wilmington 126.10
116 Stoneham 122.30
117 Pepperell 122.28
118 Marshfield 119.56
119 Grafton 117.25
120 East Bridgewater 116.65
121 Westwood 116.23
122 Beverly 115.17
123 Littleton 107.89
124 Natick 106.25
125 Ashland 100.68
126 Acton 96.09
127 Swampscott 93.23
128 Billerica 92.75
129 North Attleboro 92.60
130 Watertown 89.92
131 Wilbraham 88.14
132 North Andover 87.00
133 Arlington 83.61
134 Rehoboth 82.28
135 Melrose 81.85
136 Sharon 81.44
137 Brookline 75.97
138 Concord 69.33
139 Southborough 68.98
140 Wrentham 67.58
141 Pembroke 65.03
142 Ipswich 64.51
143 Tyngsboro 64.05
144 Bedford 61.61
145 Sudbury 57.53
146 Duxbury 55.95
147 Hingham 55.58
148 Milton 54.71
149 Newton 54.61
150 Holliston 54.29
151 Lynnfield 53.67
152 Groton 52.58
153 Holden 52.46
154 Westborough 52.43
155 Belmont 45.40
156 Medway 44.75
157 Clinton 43.36
158 Weston 40.82
159 Wellesley 40.77
160 Dedham 39.44
161 Winchester 39.03
162 Longmeadow 37.86
163 Westford 36.53
164 Hudson 35.07
165 Hanover 34.25
166 Reading 30.73
167 Needham 28.98
168 Franklin 26.95
169 Norwell 26.91
170 Northborough 19.86
171 Wayland 14.31
172 Norfolk 8.46
173 Shrewsbury 8.11
174 Norton 5.09
175 Hopkinton 0.00