Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2017

Updated on October 15, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, the Massachusetts city with the highest number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes was Boston (57), followed by Springfield (14), Lynn (12), Lawrence (11), and New Bedford (8).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter crimes in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of Massachusetts cities with high number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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 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 Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2017
Boston
Springfield
Lynn
Lawrence
New Bedford
Brockton
Worcester
Groton
Holyoke
Pittsfield
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2017
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Boston 57
2 Springfield 14
3 Lynn 12
4 Lawrence 11
5 New Bedford 8
6 Brockton 7
7 Worcester 5
8 Groton 4
8 Holyoke 4
8 Pittsfield 4
9 Chelsea 3
9 Chicopee 3
9 Fall River 3
9 Haverhill 3
10 Cambridge 2
10 Everett 2
10 Leominster 2
10 Milford 2
10 Peabody 2
10 Revere 2
11 Attleboro 1
11 Barnstable 1
11 Billerica 1
11 Fairhaven 1
11 Foxborough 1
11 Gardner 1
11 Hull 1
11 Lowell 1
11 Malden 1
11 Mashpee 1
11 Middleton 1
11 Needham 1
11 Plymouth 1
11 Randolph 1
11 Shirley 1
11 Somerville 1
11 Waltham 1
11 West Bridgewater 1
11 West Springfield 1
11 Weymouth 1
11 Yarmouth 1
12 Abington 0
12 Acton 0
12 Acushnet 0
12 Adams 0
12 Agawam 0
12 Amesbury 0
12 Amherst 0
12 Andover 0
12 Arlington 0
12 Ashburnham 0
12 Ashland 0
12 Athol 0
12 Auburn 0
12 Avon 0
12 Ayer 0
12 Bedford 0
12 Belchertown 0
12 Bellingham 0
12 Belmont 0
12 Berkley 0
12 Berlin 0
12 Bernardston 0
12 Beverly 0
12 Blackstone 0
12 Bolton 0
12 Bourne 0
12 Boxborough 0
12 Boxford 0
12 Boylston 0
12 Braintree 0
12 Brewster 0
12 Bridgewater 0
12 Brimfield 0
12 Brookline 0
12 Burlington 0
12 Canton 0
12 Carver 0
12 Charlton 0
12 Chatham 0
12 Chelmsford 0
12 Chesterfield 0
12 Chilmark 0
12 Clinton 0
12 Cohasset 0
12 Concord 0
12 Dalton 0
12 Danvers 0
12 Dartmouth 0
12 Dedham 0
12 Deerfield 0
12 Dennis 0
12 Douglas 0
12 Dover 0
12 Dracut 0
12 Dudley 0
12 Dunstable 0
12 Duxbury 0
12 East Bridgewater 0
12 East Brookfield 0
12 Eastham 0
12 Easthampton 0
12 East Longmeadow 0
12 Easton 0
12 Edgartown 0
12 Erving 0
12 Falmouth 0
12 Fitchburg 0
12 Framingham 0
12 Franklin 0
12 Freetown 0
12 Georgetown 0
12 Gloucester 0
12 Goshen 0
12 Grafton 0
12 Granby 0
12 Great Barrington 0
12 Greenfield 0
12 Hadley 0
12 Halifax 0
12 Hamilton 0
12 Hampden 0
12 Hanover 0
12 Hanson 0
12 Hardwick 0
12 Harvard 0
12 Harwich 0
12 Hingham 0
12 Holbrook 0
12 Holden 0
12 Holland 0
12 Holliston 0
12 Hopedale 0
12 Hopkinton 0
12 Hudson 0
12 Ipswich 0
12 Kingston 0
12 Lakeville 0
12 Lancaster 0
12 Lee 0
12 Leicester 0
12 Lenox 0
12 Leverett 0
12 Lincoln 0
12 Littleton 0
12 Longmeadow 0
12 Ludlow 0
12 Lunenburg 0
12 Lynnfield 0
12 Manchester-by-the-Sea 0
12 Mansfield 0
12 Marblehead 0
12 Marion 0
12 Marlborough 0
12 Marshfield 0
12 Mattapoisett 0
12 Maynard 0
12 Medford 0
12 Medway 0
12 Melrose 0
12 Mendon 0
12 Merrimac 0
12 Methuen 0
12 Middleboro 0
12 Millbury 0
12 Millville 0
12 Milton 0
12 Monson 0
12 Montague 0
12 Nahant 0
12 Nantucket 0
12 Natick 0
12 Newbury 0
12 Newburyport 0
12 Newton 0
12 Norfolk 0
12 North Adams 0
12 Northampton 0
12 North Andover 0
12 North Attleboro 0
12 Northborough 0
12 Northbridge 0
12 Northfield 0
12 North Reading 0
12 Norton 0
12 Norwell 0
12 Norwood 0
12 Oakham 0
12 Orange 0
12 Orleans 0
12 Oxford 0
12 Palmer 0
12 Paxton 0
12 Pembroke 0
12 Pepperell 0
12 Plainville 0
12 Plympton 0
12 Princeton 0
12 Provincetown 0
12 Quincy 0
12 Raynham 0
12 Reading 0
12 Rehoboth 0
12 Rochester 0
12 Rockport 0
12 Rowley 0
12 Rutland 0
12 Salem 0
12 Salisbury 0
12 Sandwich 0
12 Saugus 0
12 Seekonk 0
12 Sharon 0
12 Shelburne 0
12 Sherborn 0
12 Shrewsbury 0
12 Somerset 0
12 Southampton 0
12 Southborough 0
12 Southbridge 0
12 South Hadley 0
12 Southwick 0
12 Spencer 0
12 Sterling 0
12 Stockbridge 0
12 Stoneham 0
12 Stoughton 0
12 Stow 0
12 Sturbridge 0
12 Sudbury 0
12 Sunderland 0
12 Sutton 0
12 Swampscott 0
12 Swansea 0
12 Taunton 0
12 Templeton 0
12 Tewksbury 0
12 Tisbury 0
12 Topsfield 0
12 Townsend 0
12 Truro 0
12 Tyngsboro 0
12 Upton 0
12 Wakefield 0
12 Wales 0
12 Walpole 0
12 Ware 0
12 Wareham 0
12 Watertown 0
12 Wayland 0
12 Webster 0
12 Wellesley 0
12 Wellfleet 0
12 Wenham 0
12 Westborough 0
12 West Boylston 0
12 Westfield 0
12 Westford 0
12 Westminster 0
12 West Newbury 0
12 Weston 0
12 Westport 0
12 West Tisbury 0
12 Westwood 0
12 Whately 0
12 Whitman 0
12 Wilbraham 0
12 Williamstown 0
12 Wilmington 0
12 Winchendon 0
12 Winchester 0
12 Winthrop 0
12 Woburn 0
12 Wrentham 0