What is the crime rate in Boston, MA?

In 2025, the Boston Police Department reported 3,915 violent crimes and 12,961 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 583 violent and 1,931 property crimes per 100,000 of the 671,262 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: 583
Property per 100,000: 1,931
Violent crimes: 3,915
Property crimes: 12,961

Crime reported by the Boston 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	4,074	634	12,639	1,966	642,823
2024	4,154	630	13,385	2,031	659,049
2025	3,915	583	12,961	1,931	671,262

Violent crimes reported went from 4,074 in 2023 to 3,915 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 12,639 in 2023 to 12,961 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.

Boston against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Boston	583	1,931
Suffolk County	563	1,810
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 Boston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Boston	—	583	1,931
Winthrop Town	3.5 mi	129	566
Chelsea	4.1 mi	791	1,415
Everett	5.0 mi	318	1,276
Quincy	5.4 mi	302	1,198
Somerville	5.5 mi	195	1,580
Cambridge	5.7 mi	436	2,600
Revere	5.9 mi	314	1,108
Brookline	6.4 mi	123	724

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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