What is the crime rate in Burlington, MA?

In 2025, the Burlington Police Department reported 50 violent crimes and 415 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 184 violent and 1,528 property crimes per 100,000 of the 27,159 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: 184
Property per 100,000: 1,528
Violent crimes: 50
Property crimes: 415

Crime reported by the Burlington 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	55	212	496	1,916	25,894
2024	61	225	471	1,736	27,124
2025	50	184	415	1,528	27,159

Violent crimes reported went from 55 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 496 in 2023 to 415 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.

Burlington against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Burlington	184	1,528
Middlesex County	196	913
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 Burlington, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Burlington	—	184	1,528
Woburn	2.6 mi	123	904
Bedford	4.1 mi	80	387
Lexington	4.3 mi	55	435
Winchester	4.6 mi	21	406
Wilmington	4.6 mi	134	578
Billerica	4.9 mi	100	269
Reading	5.4 mi	31	533
Stoneham	5.7 mi	105	869

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 Burlington include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Burlington (community).

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