What is the crime rate in Dartmouth, MA?

In 2025, the Dartmouth Police Department reported 101 violent crimes and 485 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 291 violent and 1,395 property crimes per 100,000 of the 34,759 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: 291
Property per 100,000: 1,395
Violent crimes: 101
Property crimes: 485

Crime reported by the Dartmouth 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	81	234	400	1,156	34,610
2024	86	247	379	1,089	34,792
2025	101	291	485	1,395	34,759

Violent crimes reported went from 81 in 2023 to 101 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 400 in 2023 to 485 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.

Dartmouth against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Dartmouth	291	1,395
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 Dartmouth, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Dartmouth	—	291	1,395
Westport	6.5 mi	143	364
Fairhaven	6.5 mi	307	738
New Bedford	6.6 mi	345	1,558
Mattapoisett	10.0 mi	176	382
Acushnet	11 mi	224	308
Little Compton	12 mi	28	651
Tiverton	12 mi	133	594
Fall River	13 mi	769	1,550

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 Dartmouth include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Bliss Corner, Smith Mills.

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