Ranking of Massachusetts Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2023
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2023, the Massachusetts city with the highest number of Aggravated Assault Crimes was Boston (2,909), followed by Springfield (965), Fall River (707), Brockton (531), and Cambridge (407).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes in 2023, 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.
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You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for Massachusetts cities.
Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
---|---|---|
1 | Boston | 2909 |
2 | Springfield | 965 |
3 | Fall River | 707 |
4 | Brockton | 531 |
5 | Cambridge | 407 |
6 | Lynn | 378 |
7 | New Bedford | 351 |
8 | Lawrence | 344 |
9 | Haverhill | 324 |
10 | Holyoke | 323 |
11 | Quincy | 293 |
12 | Chelsea | 265 |
13 | Taunton | 256 |
14 | Chicopee | 253 |
15 | Pittsfield | 222 |
16 | Revere | 208 |
17 | Plymouth | 199 |
18 | Framingham | 178 |
19 | Barnstable | 173 |
20 | Somerville | 161 |
21 | Everett | 154 |
22 | Fitchburg | 149 |
23 | Malden | 144 |
24 | Leominster | 143 |
24 | Weymouth | 143 |
25 | Waltham | 130 |
26 | Marlborough | 128 |
26 | Peabody | 128 |
27 | North Adams | 122 |
28 | West Springfield | 116 |
29 | Methuen | 102 |
30 | Webster | 100 |
31 | Braintree | 99 |
32 | Medford | 97 |
33 | Northampton | 92 |
34 | Attleboro | 91 |
34 | Canton | 91 |
34 | Middleboro | 91 |
35 | Randolph | 77 |
36 | Ware | 76 |
37 | Falmouth | 75 |
38 | Dracut | 73 |
38 | Greenfield | 73 |
39 | Salem | 69 |
40 | Dartmouth | 68 |
41 | Woburn | 66 |
42 | Agawam | 65 |
42 | Gloucester | 65 |
42 | Milford | 65 |
43 | Dedham | 62 |
43 | Tewksbury | 62 |
43 | Westfield | 62 |
44 | Yarmouth | 60 |
45 | Southbridge | 59 |
46 | Wareham | 58 |
47 | Stoughton | 56 |
48 | Saugus | 55 |
49 | Auburn | 54 |
50 | Abington | 53 |
50 | Natick | 53 |
51 | Gardner | 51 |
52 | Palmer | 50 |
53 | Beverly | 48 |
54 | Athol | 44 |
54 | Montague | 44 |
55 | North Attleboro | 43 |
55 | Norwood | 43 |
56 | Fairhaven | 42 |
57 | Arlington | 41 |
58 | Hudson | 40 |
58 | Wilmington | 40 |
59 | Bourne | 39 |
60 | Amherst | 38 |
61 | Newton | 37 |
62 | Melrose | 36 |
63 | Burlington | 35 |
63 | East Longmeadow | 35 |
63 | Hingham | 35 |
63 | Rockland | 35 |
64 | Dennis | 34 |
64 | Holbrook | 34 |
64 | Millbury | 34 |
65 | Danvers | 33 |
65 | Mansfield | 33 |
66 | Seekonk | 32 |
66 | Westborough | 32 |
66 | Winchendon | 32 |
67 | Easton | 31 |
68 | Chelmsford | 30 |
69 | Winthrop | 29 |
70 | Brookline | 28 |
70 | Franklin | 28 |
70 | Raynham | 28 |
70 | Tisbury | 28 |
70 | Walpole | 28 |
71 | Monson | 27 |
71 | Nantucket | 27 |
72 | Leicester | 26 |
72 | Watertown | 26 |
73 | Longmeadow | 25 |
73 | Wakefield | 25 |
74 | Freetown | 24 |
74 | Whitman | 24 |
75 | Belchertown | 23 |
75 | Hadley | 23 |
75 | Somerset | 23 |
76 | Bridgewater | 22 |
76 | Ludlow | 22 |
76 | Sturbridge | 22 |
77 | Barre | 21 |
77 | Bellingham | 21 |
77 | Billerica | 21 |
77 | Hanson | 21 |
77 | Marblehead | 21 |
77 | Northbridge | 21 |
77 | South Hadley | 21 |
77 | Stoneham | 21 |
78 | Amesbury | 20 |
78 | East Bridgewater | 20 |
78 | Easthampton | 20 |
78 | Foxborough | 20 |
78 | Hull | 20 |
78 | Swansea | 20 |
79 | Acushnet | 19 |
79 | Grafton | 19 |
79 | Kingston | 19 |
79 | Lynnfield | 19 |
79 | Marshfield | 19 |
79 | Salisbury | 19 |
79 | Wilbraham | 19 |
80 | Ashland | 18 |
80 | Dighton | 18 |
80 | Lee | 18 |
80 | North Andover | 18 |
80 | North Reading | 18 |
80 | Westport | 18 |
81 | Dudley | 17 |
81 | Maynard | 17 |
81 | Medfield | 17 |
81 | Needham | 17 |
81 | Newburyport | 17 |
81 | Norton | 17 |
82 | Milton | 16 |
82 | Sandwich | 16 |
83 | Holden | 15 |
83 | Lakeville | 15 |
83 | Mashpee | 15 |
83 | Tyngsboro | 15 |
83 | Westminster | 15 |
84 | Adams | 14 |
84 | Orange | 14 |
84 | Provincetown | 14 |
84 | West Bridgewater | 14 |
85 | Belmont | 13 |
85 | Norwell | 13 |
85 | Oak Bluffs | 13 |
85 | Plainville | 13 |
85 | Spencer | 13 |
85 | Warren | 13 |
85 | Wrentham | 13 |
86 | Acton | 12 |
86 | Brewster | 12 |
86 | Hopkinton | 12 |
86 | Mattapoisett | 12 |
86 | Rutland | 12 |
86 | Sudbury | 12 |
86 | Townsend | 12 |
86 | Weston | 12 |
87 | Cohasset | 11 |
87 | Shrewsbury | 11 |
87 | Sutton | 11 |
87 | Westford | 11 |
88 | Carver | 10 |
88 | Concord | 10 |
88 | Hampden | 10 |
88 | Oxford | 10 |
88 | Shirley | 10 |
88 | West Boylston | 10 |
89 | Andover | 9 |
89 | Ashburnham | 9 |
89 | Ayer | 9 |
89 | Duxbury | 9 |
89 | Harwich | 9 |
89 | Ipswich | 9 |
89 | Newbury | 9 |
89 | Rockport | 9 |
89 | Uxbridge | 9 |
90 | Eastham | 8 |
90 | Hopedale | 8 |
90 | Pembroke | 8 |
90 | Southwick | 8 |
90 | Upton | 8 |
90 | Westwood | 8 |
91 | Dalton | 7 |
91 | Douglas | 7 |
91 | Hanover | 7 |
91 | Lunenburg | 7 |
91 | Scituate | 7 |
91 | Sherborn | 7 |
91 | Sterling | 7 |
91 | Topsfield | 7 |
92 | Essex | 6 |
92 | Great Barrington | 6 |
92 | Pepperell | 6 |
92 | Rehoboth | 6 |
92 | Swampscott | 6 |
92 | Wellesley | 6 |
92 | West Brookfield | 6 |
93 | Boylston | 5 |
93 | Chatham | 5 |
93 | Edgartown | 5 |
93 | Hamilton | 5 |
93 | Lenox | 5 |
93 | Lexington | 5 |
93 | Sharon | 5 |
93 | Southborough | 5 |
93 | Sunderland | 5 |
93 | Templeton | 5 |
93 | Wellfleet | 5 |
93 | West Tisbury | 5 |
94 | Bedford | 4 |
94 | Blackstone | 4 |
94 | Charlton | 4 |
94 | Hardwick | 4 |
94 | Lancaster | 4 |
94 | Littleton | 4 |
94 | Reading | 4 |
94 | Williamstown | 4 |
94 | Winchester | 4 |
95 | Boxborough | 3 |
95 | Brookfield | 3 |
95 | Clarksburg | 3 |
95 | Clinton | 3 |
95 | Deerfield | 3 |
95 | Georgetown | 3 |
95 | Granby | 3 |
95 | Holland | 3 |
95 | Marion | 3 |
95 | Medway | 3 |
95 | Mendon | 3 |
95 | Millis | 3 |
95 | Millville | 3 |
95 | Nahant | 3 |
95 | Norfolk | 3 |
95 | Northborough | 3 |
95 | Northfield | 3 |
95 | Orleans | 3 |
95 | Otis | 3 |
95 | Rochester | 3 |
95 | Rowley | 3 |
95 | Shelburne | 3 |
95 | Southampton | 3 |
95 | Stockbridge | 3 |
96 | Ashby | 2 |
96 | Avon | 2 |
96 | Becket | 2 |
96 | Berkley | 2 |
96 | Bernardston | 2 |
96 | Bolton | 2 |
96 | Brimfield | 2 |
96 | Carlisle | 2 |
96 | East Brookfield | 2 |
96 | Harvard | 2 |
96 | Holliston | 2 |
96 | Leverett | 2 |
96 | Middleton | 2 |
96 | Princeton | 2 |
96 | Stow | 2 |
96 | Truro | 2 |
96 | West Newbury | 2 |
97 | Cheshire | 1 |
97 | Chilmark | 1 |
97 | Dover | 1 |
97 | Dunstable | 1 |
97 | Egremont | 1 |
97 | Erving | 1 |
97 | Groton | 1 |
97 | Halifax | 1 |
97 | Hatfield | 1 |
97 | Lanesboro | 1 |
97 | Lincoln | 1 |
97 | Manchester-by-the-Sea | 1 |
97 | Merrimac | 1 |
97 | New Braintree | 1 |
97 | Oakham | 1 |
97 | Paxton | 1 |
97 | Wayland | 1 |
97 | Wenham | 1 |
97 | Worthington | 1 |
98 | Aquinnah | 0 |
98 | Ashfield | 0 |
98 | Berlin | 0 |
98 | Boxford | 0 |
98 | Buckland | 0 |
98 | Gill | 0 |
98 | Goshen | 0 |
98 | Granville | 0 |
98 | Groveland | 0 |
98 | Monterey | 0 |
98 | New Marlborough | 0 |
98 | Pelham | 0 |
98 | Plympton | 0 |
98 | Royalston | 0 |
98 | Shutesbury | 0 |
98 | Tyringham | 0 |
98 | Wales | 0 |
98 | Whately | 0 |
98 | Williamsburg | 0 |