What is the crime rate in Dennis, MA?

In 2025, the Dennis Police Department reported 53 violent crimes and 113 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 356 violent and 760 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,870 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: 356
Property per 100,000: 760
Violent crimes: 53
Property crimes: 113

Crime reported by the Dennis 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	40	265	141	933	15,117
2024	36	236	120	786	15,263
2025	53	356	113	760	14,870

Violent crimes reported went from 40 in 2023 to 53 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 141 in 2023 to 113 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.

Dennis against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Dennis	356	760
Barnstable County	248	660
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 Dennis, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Dennis	—	356	760
Yarmouth	3.8 mi	290	671
Harwich	4.9 mi	81	506
Brewster	5.8 mi	77	411
Barnstable Town	10 mi	400	795
Orleans	11 mi	200	614
Chatham	11 mi	45	521
Eastham	13 mi	292	703
Wellfleet	16 mi	192	383

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 Dennis include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Dennis (community), Dennis Port, East Dennis, South Dennis, West Dennis.

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