What is the crime rate in Winchester, MA?

In 2025, the Winchester Police Department reported 5 violent crimes and 98 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 21 violent and 406 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,154 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: 21
Property per 100,000: 406
Violent crimes: 5
Property crimes: 98

Crime reported by the Winchester 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	5	22	91	403	22,585
2024	4	17	89	383	23,238
2025	5	21	98	406	24,154

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 5 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 91 in 2023 to 98 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.

Winchester against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Winchester	21	406
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 Winchester, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Winchester	—	21	406
Woburn	2.5 mi	123	904
Arlington	2.6 mi	44	453
Medford	2.7 mi	180	932
Stoneham	2.8 mi	105	869
Melrose	4.4 mi	154	555
Belmont	4.4 mi	29	788
Lexington	4.4 mi	55	435
Burlington	4.6 mi	184	1,528

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

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