What is the crime rate in Waltham, MA?

In 2025, the Waltham Police Department reported 148 violent crimes and 498 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 224 violent and 754 property crimes per 100,000 of the 66,089 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: 224
Property per 100,000: 754
Violent crimes: 148
Property crimes: 498

Crime reported by the Waltham 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	160	251	540	846	63,797
2024	165	252	466	712	65,488
2025	148	224	498	754	66,089

Violent crimes reported went from 160 in 2023 to 148 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 540 in 2023 to 498 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.

Waltham against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waltham	224	754
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 Waltham, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waltham	—	224	754
Belmont	3.2 mi	29	788
Watertown	3.5 mi	137	1,614
Weston	3.7 mi	33	367
Lexington	3.9 mi	55	435
Newton	4.3 mi	56	525
Lincoln	4.3 mi	0	143
Arlington	4.5 mi	44	453
Wellesley	6.1 mi	50	327

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

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