Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2018, among Massachusetts cities with a population of at least 10K, Fall River had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,014.81), followed by Springfield (988.54), Holyoke (966.15), Brockton (904.9), and Pittsfield (841.65).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2018, 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 2018
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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Fall River 1014.81
2 Springfield 988.54
3 Holyoke 966.15
4 Brockton 904.90
5 Pittsfield 841.65
6 North Adams 777.73
7 Wareham 703.39
8 Worcester 682.64
9 Chelsea 676.04
10 New Bedford 634.03
11 Webster 633.39
12 Boston 622.45
13 Lawrence 619.82
14 Lynn 595.40
15 West Springfield 583.29
16 Fitchburg 582.82
17 Greenfield 579.03
18 Haverhill 559.27
19 Southbridge 525.60
20 Leominster 524.84
21 Athol 486.31
22 Yarmouth 485.63
23 Revere 477.02
24 Palmer 462.66
25 Dennis 454.15
26 Gardner 444.36
27 Middleboro 441.79
28 Taunton 424.05
29 Marlborough 416.96
30 Northampton 395.29
31 Plymouth 381.12
32 Barnstable 377.14
33 Quincy 372.93
34 Everett 368.05
35 Agawam 362.63
36 Falmouth 351.24
37 Framingham 348.92
38 Winchendon 347.57
39 Fairhaven 342.13
40 Canton 341.64
41 Mashpee 330.64
42 Nantucket 324.90
43 Lowell 324.14
44 Randolph 312.73
45 Leicester 306.08
46 Peabody 298.82
47 Amherst 298.20
48 Cambridge 295.09
49 Malden 292.83
50 Weymouth 280.36
51 Hanson 276.29
52 Westfield 265.21
53 Stoughton 264.54
54 Tewksbury 259.81
55 Carver 255.47
56 Whitman 251.77
57 Abington 249.35
58 Foxborough 249.05
59 Hudson 239.28
60 Gloucester 237.19
61 Oxford 235.46
62 Saugus 231.82
63 Bourne 231.23
64 Attleboro 219.15
65 Somerville 215.43
66 Somerset 214.69
67 Ludlow 213.06
68 Easthampton 211.84
69 Milford 209.94
70 Holbrook 208.11
71 Westport 206.78
72 Bridgewater 206.64
73 Dudley 203.27
74 Harwich 197.86
75 Maynard 195.46
76 Danvers 194.93
77 Dartmouth 192.30
78 Salem 190.22
79 Kingston 189.78
80 Raynham 188.55
81 Waltham 186.74
82 Amesbury 181.58
83 Acushnet 179.65
84 Easton 178.39
85 Swansea 174.50
86 Auburn 172.92
87 East Longmeadow 170.75
88 Walpole 166.64
89 Belchertown 164.85
90 Seekonk 164.35
91 Northbridge 161.11
92 Tyngsboro 160.01
93 Hingham 156.86
94 Medway 156.65
95 Lunenburg 156.55
96 Wakefield 153.02
97 Natick 152.52
98 East Bridgewater 151.12
99 Spencer 150.14
100 Stoneham 149.09
101 Winthrop 149.07
102 Wilbraham 149.05
103 Burlington 145.13
104 Mansfield 141.37
105 Braintree 139.24
106 Millbury 137.66
107 South Hadley 134.84
108 Norwood 133.26
109 Dracut 128.46
110 Marshfield 127.31
111 Medford 125.87
112 Ashland 123.18
113 Lakeville 121.48
114 Woburn 115.30
115 Sandwich 113.59
116 North Andover 111.49
117 Grafton 111.11
118 Bellingham 110.57
119 Sudbury 110.31
120 Acton 108.16
121 Southborough 107.98
122 Pepperell 106.26
123 North Reading 100.95
124 Beverly 99.73
125 Ipswich 99.24
126 Newburyport 99.20
127 Marblehead 96.84
128 Groton 95.97
129 North Attleboro 95.86
130 Charlton 95.22
131 Brookline 94.60
132 Longmeadow 94.35
133 Westborough 88.42
134 Chelmsford 87.91
135 Littleton 87.45
136 Methuen 86.83
137 Wilmington 83.32
138 Billerica 83.18
139 Pembroke 81.32
140 Norwell 80.76
141 Holliston 80.41
142 Scituate 79.95
143 Watertown 79.85
144 Arlington 74.11
145 Clinton 71.38
146 Sharon 70.76
147 Norton 70.06
148 Rehoboth 65.21
149 Newton 64.80
150 Westwood 61.47
151 Swampscott 58.52
152 Melrose 52.54
153 Needham 51.18
154 Bedford 48.89
155 Westford 48.68
156 Duxbury 43.62
157 Milton 43.41
158 Wrentham 41.83
159 Concord 41.11
160 Weston 40.77
161 Wellesley 40.43
162 Lynnfield 30.44
163 Dedham 27.52
164 Winchester 26.05
165 Lexington 23.50
166 Andover 19.27
167 Reading 19.02
168 Belmont 18.73
169 Franklin 15.08
170 Hanover 13.77
171 Hopkinton 10.80
172 Shrewsbury 10.63
173 Norfolk 8.42
174 Wayland 7.10
175 Northborough 0.00