What is the crime rate in Brockton, MA?

In 2025, the Brockton Police Department reported 568 violent crimes and 1,482 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 538 violent and 1,404 property crimes per 100,000 of the 105,571 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: 538
Property per 100,000: 1,404
Violent crimes: 568
Property crimes: 1,482

Crime reported by the Brockton 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	699	666	2,175	2,074	104,890
2024	639	599	1,450	1,360	106,650
2025	568	538	1,482	1,404	105,571

Violent crimes reported went from 699 in 2023 to 568 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,175 in 2023 to 1,482 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.

Brockton against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Brockton	538	1,404
Plymouth County	250	711
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 Brockton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Brockton	—	538	1,404
Avon	3.8 mi	229	2,231
Abington	4.2 mi	152	1,108
West Bridgewater	4.2 mi	258	914
Holbrook	4.2 mi	218	1,090
Whitman	4.4 mi	206	690
Stoughton	4.8 mi	238	1,172
Easton	5.3 mi	176	734
East Bridgewater	5.3 mi	41	345

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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