What is the crime rate in Stoneham, MA?

In 2025, the Stoneham Police Department reported 26 violent crimes and 216 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 105 violent and 869 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,849 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: 105
Property per 100,000: 869
Violent crimes: 26
Property crimes: 216

Crime reported by the Stoneham 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	26	115	188	834	22,554
2024	35	151	142	613	23,173
2025	26	105	216	869	24,849

Violent crimes reported went from 26 in 2023 to 26 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 188 in 2023 to 216 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.

Stoneham against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Stoneham	105	869
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 Stoneham, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Stoneham	—	105	869
Melrose	2.3 mi	154	555
Wakefield	2.7 mi	138	333
Winchester	2.8 mi	21	406
Woburn	3.1 mi	123	904
Medford	3.5 mi	180	932
Malden	3.7 mi	202	1,203
Reading	4.2 mi	31	533
Saugus	4.3 mi	169	1,273

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

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