What is the crime rate in Oak Bluffs, MA?

In 2025, the Oak Bluffs Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 49 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 295 violent and 903 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,429 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: 295
Property per 100,000: 903
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 49

Crime reported by the Oak Bluffs 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	18	331	51	937	5,441
2024	20	365	77	1,404	5,483
2025	16	295	49	903	5,429

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 51 in 2023 to 49 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.

Oak Bluffs against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Oak Bluffs	295	903
Dukes County	298	696
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 Oak Bluffs, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Oak Bluffs	—	295	903
Tisbury	3.4 mi	686	706
West Tisbury	6.8 mi	109	191
Edgartown	6.8 mi	149	931
Falmouth	9.8 mi	195	597
Mashpee	12 mi	174	560
Chilmark	16 mi	79	397
Barnstable Town	17 mi	400	795
Sandwich	18 mi	146	263

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

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