What is the crime rate in Brookline, MA?

In 2025, the Brookline Police Department reported 79 violent crimes and 463 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 123 violent and 724 property crimes per 100,000 of the 63,981 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: 123
Property per 100,000: 724
Violent crimes: 79
Property crimes: 463

Crime reported by the Brookline 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	42	67	535	856	62,484
2024	66	103	585	912	64,122
2025	79	123	463	724	63,981

Violent crimes reported went from 42 in 2023 to 79 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 535 in 2023 to 463 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.

Brookline against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Brookline	123	724
Norfolk County	175	838
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 Brookline, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Brookline	—	123	724
Newton	3.4 mi	56	525
Watertown	3.6 mi	137	1,614
Cambridge	3.8 mi	436	2,600
Somerville	5.1 mi	195	1,580
Belmont	5.3 mi	29	788
Dedham	5.7 mi	212	1,507
Needham	5.9 mi	79	597
Boston	6.4 mi	583	1,931

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

The figures for Brookline include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Brookline (community).

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