What is the crime rate in Dedham, MA?

In 2025, the Dedham Police Department reported 54 violent crimes and 384 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 212 violent and 1,507 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,484 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: 212
Property per 100,000: 1,507
Violent crimes: 54
Property crimes: 384

Crime reported by the Dedham 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	66	264	308	1,233	24,976
2024	75	296	343	1,353	25,355
2025	54	212	384	1,507	25,484

Violent crimes reported went from 66 in 2023 to 54 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 308 in 2023 to 384 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.

Dedham against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Dedham	212	1,507
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 Dedham, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Dedham	—	212	1,507
Westwood	2.7 mi	24	1,980
Needham	4.0 mi	79	597
Norwood	4.2 mi	123	593
Milton	5.0 mi	69	556
Canton	5.6 mi	261	546
Brookline	5.7 mi	123	724
Dover	5.8 mi	99	362
Newton	6.0 mi	56	525

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

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