What is the crime rate in Marlborough, MA?

In 2025, the Marlborough Police Department reported 206 violent crimes and 388 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 488 violent and 920 property crimes per 100,000 of the 42,184 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: 488
Property per 100,000: 920
Violent crimes: 206
Property crimes: 388

Crime reported by the Marlborough 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	148	363	490	1,202	40,773
2024	176	421	436	1,043	41,785
2025	206	488	388	920	42,184

Violent crimes reported went from 148 in 2023 to 206 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 490 in 2023 to 388 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.

Marlborough against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Marlborough	488	920
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 Marlborough, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Marlborough	—	488	920
Hudson	2.7 mi	279	485
Southborough	3.6 mi	95	85
Berlin	5.1 mi	0	85
Northborough	5.4 mi	32	605
Stow	5.8 mi	68	326
Framingham	6.4 mi	264	806
Westborough	6.5 mi	232	651
Bolton	6.8 mi	86	429

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

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