What is the crime rate in Tisbury, MA?

In 2025, the Tisbury Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 35 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 686 violent and 706 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,958 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: 686
Property per 100,000: 706
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 35

Crime reported by the Tisbury 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	32	645	44	887	4,958
2024	34	681	71	1,423	4,990
2025	34	686	35	706	4,958

Violent crimes reported went from 32 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 44 in 2023 to 35 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.

Tisbury against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Tisbury	686	706
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 Tisbury, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Tisbury	—	686	706
Oak Bluffs	3.4 mi	295	903
West Tisbury	5.8 mi	109	191
Falmouth	8.5 mi	195	597
Edgartown	9.8 mi	149	931
Mashpee	12 mi	174	560
Chilmark	14 mi	79	397
Mattapoisett	16 mi	176	382
Bourne	17 mi	261	851

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 Tisbury include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Vineyard Haven.

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