What is the crime rate in Berkley, MA?

In 2025, the Berkley Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 18 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 159 violent and 261 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,904 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: 159
Property per 100,000: 261
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 18

Crime reported by the Berkley 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	3	44	17	249	6,834
2024	8	115	10	143	6,969
2025	11	159	18	261	6,904

Violent crimes reported went from 3 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 17 in 2023 to 18 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.

Berkley against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Berkley	159	261
Bristol County	333	1,031
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 Berkley, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Berkley	—	159	261
Dighton	3.9 mi	121	362
Taunton	4.6 mi	386	1,057
Freetown	5.0 mi	319	617
Lakeville	6.2 mi	72	298
Raynham	6.6 mi	206	988
Fall River	7.8 mi	769	1,550
Somerset	8.2 mi	218	447
Rehoboth	8.6 mi	87	189

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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