What is the crime rate in Swampscott, MA?

In 2025, the Swampscott Police Department reported 20 violent crimes and 144 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 127 violent and 914 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,761 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: 127
Property per 100,000: 914
Violent crimes: 20
Property crimes: 144

Crime reported by the Swampscott 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	7	45	107	694	15,418
2024	13	82	172	1,081	15,907
2025	20	127	144	914	15,761

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 20 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 107 in 2023 to 144 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.

Swampscott against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Swampscott	127	914
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 Swampscott, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Swampscott	—	127	914
Salem	2.2 mi	69	1,276
Marblehead	3.4 mi	78	438
Lynn	3.6 mi	561	1,110
Nahant	4.0 mi	60	300
Revere	6.0 mi	314	1,108
Peabody	6.1 mi	292	627
Saugus	6.3 mi	169	1,273
Beverly	6.6 mi	194	495

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

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