What is the crime rate in Swansea, MA?

In 2025, the Swansea Police Department reported 31 violent crimes and 174 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 176 violent and 990 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,582 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: 176
Property per 100,000: 990
Violent crimes: 31
Property crimes: 174

Crime reported by the Swansea 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	25	143	112	642	17,437
2024	23	129	131	737	17,772
2025	31	176	174	990	17,582

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 31 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 112 in 2023 to 174 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.

Swansea against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Swansea	176	990
Bristol County	333	1,031
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 Swansea, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Swansea	—	176	990
Somerset	2.9 mi	218	447
Warren	3.2 mi	208	587
Barrington	5.7 mi	35	448
Dighton	5.9 mi	121	362
Rehoboth	6.3 mi	87	189
Bristol	6.5 mi	46	247
Fall River	6.6 mi	769	1,550
Seekonk	7.8 mi	169	1,459

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 Swansea include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Ocean Grove.

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