What is the crime rate in Marblehead, MA?

In 2025, the Marblehead Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 90 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 78 violent and 438 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,563 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: 78
Property per 100,000: 438
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 90

Crime reported by the Marblehead 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	24	119	126	623	20,222
2024	30	145	119	576	20,645
2025	16	78	90	438	20,563

Violent crimes reported went from 24 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 126 in 2023 to 90 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.

Marblehead against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Marblehead	78	438
Essex County	224	732
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 Marblehead, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Marblehead	—	78	438
Salem	3.2 mi	69	1,276
Swampscott	3.4 mi	127	914
Beverly	4.2 mi	194	495
Manchester-by-the-Sea	6.0 mi	91	219
Lynn	6.6 mi	561	1,110
Nahant	7.3 mi	60	300
Peabody	7.3 mi	292	627
Wenham	7.6 mi	162	81

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

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