Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2021

Updated on November 1, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the Massachusetts city with the highest number of Aggravated Assault Crimes was Boston (2,855), followed by Springfield (1,064), Worcester (956), Fall River (707), and Brockton (508).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes in 2021, and the table below shows the ranking of Massachusetts cities with high number of Aggravated Assault 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 Aggravated Assault 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 Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2021
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Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2021
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Boston 2855
2 Springfield 1064
3 Worcester 956
4 Fall River 707
5 Brockton 508
6 New Bedford 476
7 Lynn 368
8 Haverhill 344
9 Lawrence 293
10 Holyoke 285
11 Lowell 284
12 Cambridge 273
13 Quincy 251
14 Pittsfield 210
15 Framingham 204
16 Chicopee 202
17 Chelsea 190
18 Taunton 178
19 Fitchburg 157
20 Barnstable 154
21 Plymouth 143
22 Leominster 132
23 North Adams 120
23 Weymouth 120
24 Malden 117
25 Peabody 115
25 Revere 115
25 West Springfield 115
26 Marlborough 109
27 Webster 108
28 Everett 105
29 Somerville 104
30 Attleboro 103
31 Falmouth 82
31 Northampton 82
32 Agawam 81
33 Salem 78
34 Randolph 77
35 Tewksbury 72
36 Westfield 70
37 Methuen 67
38 Medford 66
38 Middleboro 66
39 Canton 64
40 Montague 61
41 Wareham 60
42 Waltham 58
43 Yarmouth 57
44 Braintree 54
44 Stoughton 54
45 Dracut 49
45 Saugus 49
46 Dennis 47
46 Greenfield 47
46 Hull 47
47 Ware 45
48 Gloucester 44
49 Dartmouth 43
49 Gardner 43
50 Danvers 42
50 Newton 42
51 Adams 40
51 Amherst 40
51 North Attleboro 40
52 Beverly 38
52 Bourne 38
52 Woburn 38
53 Mashpee 36
53 Norwood 36
53 Rockland 36
54 Athol 35
54 Ludlow 35
55 Palmer 34
56 Milford 32
56 Natick 32
56 Sandwich 32
57 Fairhaven 31
57 Foxborough 31
57 Holbrook 31
57 Somerset 31
58 Southbridge 30
58 South Hadley 30
59 Bellingham 28
59 Franklin 28
59 Mansfield 28
60 Billerica 27
60 Chelmsford 27
61 Abington 26
61 East Bridgewater 26
61 Easton 26
61 Melrose 26
61 Watertown 26
62 Edgartown 25
63 Brookline 24
63 Seekonk 24
63 Tisbury 24
63 Wakefield 24
63 Wilbraham 24
64 Hudson 23
65 Burlington 22
65 Dudley 22
65 Hadley 22
65 Oak Bluffs 22
65 Orange 22
65 Raynham 22
65 Stoneham 22
65 Westborough 22
65 Westport 22
66 Northbridge 21
66 Norton 21
66 Rutland 21
67 Lexington 20
67 Marshfield 20
67 Nantucket 20
67 Townsend 20
67 Wilmington 20
67 Wrentham 20
68 Auburn 19
68 Monson 19
68 Winchendon 19
69 Bridgewater 18
69 Maynard 18
69 West Bridgewater 18
70 Hingham 17
71 Dalton 16
71 Easthampton 16
71 Harwich 16
71 Newburyport 16
71 Sturbridge 16
71 Swansea 16
71 Walpole 16
71 Winthrop 16
72 Amesbury 15
72 East Longmeadow 15
72 Ipswich 15
72 Millbury 15
72 Whitman 15
73 Arlington 14
73 North Andover 14
73 Shirley 14
73 West Tisbury 14
74 Barre 13
74 Belchertown 13
74 Dedham 13
74 Hopkinton 13
74 Kingston 13
74 Lancaster 13
74 Marblehead 13
74 Oxford 13
74 Scituate 13
74 Spencer 13
74 Sudbury 13
74 Uxbridge 13
75 Eastham 12
75 Freetown 12
75 Leicester 12
75 Needham 12
75 Pepperell 12
76 Ashland 11
76 Great Barrington 11
76 North Reading 11
76 Norwell 11
76 Orleans 11
76 Rehoboth 11
77 Belmont 10
77 Concord 10
77 Deerfield 10
77 Lakeville 10
77 Lynnfield 10
77 Provincetown 10
77 Salisbury 10
77 Sutton 10
78 Grafton 9
78 Halifax 9
78 Sharon 9
78 Tyngsboro 9
78 Warren 9
78 West Boylston 9
79 Avon 8
79 Ayer 8
79 Carver 8
79 Hardwick 8
79 Hatfield 8
79 Holden 8
79 Lunenburg 8
79 Reading 8
80 Andover 7
80 Duxbury 7
80 Hanson 7
80 Medfield 7
80 Paxton 7
80 Pembroke 7
80 Plainville 7
80 Southwick 7
80 Templeton 7
81 Acushnet 6
81 Blackstone 6
81 Brewster 6
81 Charlton 6
81 Hinsdale 6
81 Holliston 6
81 Mendon 6
81 Millis 6
81 Rowley 6
81 Southborough 6
81 Topsfield 6
81 Westford 6
81 Westminster 6
82 Brookfield 5
82 Douglas 5
82 Lee 5
82 Mattapoisett 5
82 Milton 5
82 Nahant 5
82 Newbury 5
82 Westwood 5
82 Winchester 5
83 Acton 4
83 Clinton 4
83 Cohasset 4
83 Georgetown 4
83 Granby 4
83 Hamilton 4
83 Lanesboro 4
83 Manchester-by-the-Sea 4
83 Marion 4
83 Medway 4
83 New Braintree 4
83 Rockport 4
83 Shrewsbury 4
83 Swampscott 4
83 Wellesley 4
83 Wellfleet 4
83 West Brookfield 4
84 Berkley 3
84 Boxborough 3
84 East Brookfield 3
84 Erving 3
84 Groton 3
84 Hanover 3
84 Harvard 3
84 Littleton 3
84 Longmeadow 3
84 Merrimac 3
84 Northborough 3
84 Sunderland 3
84 Truro 3
84 Upton 3
84 West Newbury 3
84 Weston 3
85 Ashburnham 2
85 Ashby 2
85 Bedford 2
85 Berlin 2
85 Bernardston 2
85 Chatham 2
85 Chilmark 2
85 Gill 2
85 Granville 2
85 Lenox 2
85 Middleton 2
85 Norfolk 2
85 Plympton 2
85 Southampton 2
85 Sterling 2
85 Stow 2
85 Williamsburg 2
86 Ashfield 1
86 Becket 1
86 Bolton 1
86 Boylston 1
86 Brimfield 1
86 Carlisle 1
86 Dunstable 1
86 Essex 1
86 Groveland 1
86 Holland 1
86 Hopedale 1
86 Monterey 1
86 Pelham 1
86 Princeton 1
86 Stockbridge 1
86 Whately 1
86 Williamstown 1
87 Aquinnah 0
87 Boxford 0
87 Cheshire 0
87 Dover 0
87 Goshen 0
87 Leverett 0
87 Lincoln 0
87 Millville 0
87 Northfield 0
87 Oakham 0
87 Royalston 0
87 Shelburne 0
87 Sherborn 0
87 Shutesbury 0
87 Wayland 0
87 Wenham 0
87 Worthington 0