What is the crime rate in Barnstable Town, MA?

In 2025, the Barnstable Police Department reported 200 violent crimes and 397 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 400 violent and 795 property crimes per 100,000 of the 49,944 residents it serves.

Across Massachusetts the rates were 301 and 1,037.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 400
Property per 100,000: 795
Violent crimes: 200
Property crimes: 397

Crime reported by the Barnstable Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	211	422	416	831	50,034
2024	213	418	409	803	50,928
2025	200	400	397	795	49,944

Violent crimes reported went from 211 in 2023 to 200 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 416 in 2023 to 397 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Barnstable Town against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Barnstable Town	400	795
Barnstable County	248	660
Massachusetts	301	1,037
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Barnstable Town, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Barnstable Town	—	400	795
Yarmouth	6.8 mi	290	671
Sandwich	7.5 mi	146	263
Mashpee	7.6 mi	174	560
Dennis	10 mi	356	760
Bourne	13 mi	261	851
Falmouth	13 mi	195	597

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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