What is the crime rate in Melrose, MA?

In 2025, the Melrose Police Department reported 46 violent crimes and 166 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 154 violent and 555 property crimes per 100,000 of the 29,912 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: 154
Property per 100,000: 555
Violent crimes: 46
Property crimes: 166

Crime reported by the Melrose 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	41	141	159	549	28,982
2024	30	101	129	433	29,784
2025	46	154	166	555	29,912

Violent crimes reported went from 41 in 2023 to 46 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 159 in 2023 to 166 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.

Melrose against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Melrose	154	555
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 Melrose, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Melrose	—	154	555
Malden	1.8 mi	202	1,203
Stoneham	2.3 mi	105	869
Saugus	2.5 mi	169	1,273
Wakefield	3.4 mi	138	333
Medford	3.4 mi	180	932
Everett	3.4 mi	318	1,276
Revere	4.2 mi	314	1,108
Chelsea	4.3 mi	791	1,415

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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