State ranking · MA

Safest cities in Massachusetts by reported property-crime rate

Compare validated Massachusetts city candidates by selected property-offense rate, total offenses, signal, trend, and largest offense category. This is a cautious ranking layer, not a guarantee that one place is safe or unsafe.

Lowest listed rate 0.44 Groveland, MA per 1,000 residents

Validated cities191Current MA city pages

Median rate5.16per 1,000 residents

Highest listed rate36.95Hadley, MA

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Massachusetts city rankings

Default order is lowest reported selected property-offense rate first. Click column headings to sort by count, rate, signal, trend, or largest category.


1	Groveland	MA	6,861	3	0.44	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
2	Clinton	MA	15,745	11	0.70	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
3	Norton	MA	19,473	16	0.82	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
4	Millis	MA	9,270	8	0.86	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
5	Dalton	MA	6,203	6	0.97	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
6	Scituate	MA	19,678	24	1.22	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
7	Upton	MA	8,479	11	1.30	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
8	Rockport	MA	7,099	10	1.41	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
9	Boxford	MA	8,349	12	1.44	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
10	Berkley	MA	6,909	10	1.45	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
11	Dudley	MA	11,993	19	1.58	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
12	Harvard	MA	7,018	12	1.71	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
13	Grafton	MA	20,377	37	1.82	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
14	Northborough	MA	16,088	30	1.86	91	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
15	Blackstone	MA	9,382	18	1.92	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
16	Boylston	MA	5,068	10	1.97	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
17	Marshfield	MA	26,163	52	1.99	86	Mixed	Larceny/theft
18	Holliston	MA	15,228	31	2.04	94	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
19	Groton	MA	11,496	24	2.09	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
20	Hanson	MA	10,762	23	2.14	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
21	Merrimac	MA	6,826	15	2.20	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
22	Southborough	MA	10,577	24	2.27	94	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
23	Lincoln	MA	6,938	16	2.31	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
24	Douglas	MA	9,459	22	2.33	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
25	Hamilton	MA	7,682	18	2.34	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
26	Rutland	MA	9,650	23	2.38	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
27	Manchester-by-the-Sea	MA	5,472	13	2.38	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
28	Shirley	MA	7,015	17	2.42	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
29	Sharon	MA	18,803	46	2.45	94	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
30	Duxbury	MA	16,456	41	2.49	91	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
31	Medfield	MA	13,234	33	2.49	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
32	East Bridgewater	MA	14,585	37	2.54	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
33	Topsfield	MA	6,634	17	2.56	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
34	Brewster	MA	10,503	27	2.57	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
35	Holden	MA	20,397	53	2.60	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
36	Acushnet	MA	10,770	28	2.60	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
37	Stow	MA	7,271	19	2.61	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
38	Hopedale	MA	6,071	16	2.64	81	Mixed	Larceny/theft
39	Dighton	MA	8,304	22	2.65	84	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
40	Hopkinton	MA	19,748	53	2.68	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
41	Spencer	MA	12,142	33	2.72	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
42	Ipswich	MA	14,144	40	2.83	94	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
43	Templeton	MA	8,410	24	2.85	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
44	Boxborough	MA	5,524	16	2.90	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
45	Medway	MA	13,736	40	2.91	86	Mixed	Larceny/theft
46	Rehoboth	MA	13,458	40	2.97	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
47	Sterling	MA	8,354	25	2.99	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
48	Granby	MA	6,016	18	2.99	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
49	Sudbury	MA	19,667	59	3.00	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
50	West Boylston	MA	7,937	24	3.02	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
51	Georgetown	MA	8,574	27	3.15	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
52	Rochester	MA	5,962	19	3.19	86	Decreasing	Burglary
53	Carlisle	MA	5,282	17	3.22	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
54	Southampton	MA	6,140	20	3.26	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
55	Sandwich	MA	20,624	68	3.30	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
56	Lexington	MA	34,602	117	3.38	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
57	Cohasset	MA	8,468	29	3.42	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
58	Westford	MA	24,842	86	3.46	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
59	Middleton	MA	9,988	35	3.50	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
60	Charlton	MA	13,633	48	3.52	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
61	Ayer	MA	9,091	32	3.52	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
62	Pembroke	MA	18,513	67	3.62	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
63	Bolton	MA	5,804	21	3.62	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
64	Sutton	MA	9,626	35	3.64	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
65	Northbridge	MA	16,727	61	3.65	85	Mixed	Larceny/theft
66	Winchester	MA	23,744	87	3.66	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
67	Ware	MA	10,069	37	3.67	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
68	Ashburnham	MA	6,535	24	3.67	85	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
69	Acton	MA	24,458	92	3.76	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
70	Paxton	MA	5,051	19	3.76	85	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
71	Westport	MA	16,758	64	3.82	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
72	Uxbridge	MA	14,720	57	3.87	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
73	Mendon	MA	6,448	25	3.88	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
74	Pepperell	MA	11,779	46	3.91	82	Mixed	Larceny/theft
75	Wakefield	MA	28,995	119	4.10	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
76	Warren	MA	5,096	21	4.12	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
77	North Reading	MA	16,254	68	4.18	85	Mixed	Larceny/theft
78	Southwick	MA	9,264	39	4.21	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
79	Newbury	MA	6,884	29	4.21	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
80	Billerica	MA	42,648	180	4.22	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
81	Norfolk	MA	11,847	50	4.22	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
82	Weston	MA	11,707	50	4.27	80	Mixed	Larceny/theft
83	Rockland	MA	17,957	78	4.34	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
84	Bedford	MA	14,837	65	4.38	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
85	Littleton	MA	10,413	46	4.42	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
86	Arlington	MA	46,700	207	4.43	85	Mixed	Larceny/theft
87	Ashland	MA	19,239	89	4.63	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
88	Hull	MA	10,256	48	4.68	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
89	Townsend	MA	9,162	43	4.69	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
90	Norwell	MA	11,541	55	4.77	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
91	Wayland	MA	13,961	67	4.80	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
92	Barre	MA	5,630	27	4.80	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
93	Freetown	MA	9,416	47	4.99	79	Mixed	Larceny/theft
94	Deerfield	MA	5,167	26	5.03	87	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
95	Wellesley	MA	31,162	157	5.04	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
96	Dover	MA	6,012	31	5.16	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
97	Mattapoisett	MA	6,794	36	5.30	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
98	Chatham	MA	6,749	36	5.33	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
99	Salisbury	MA	9,438	51	5.40	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
100	Monson	MA	8,148	44	5.40	84	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
101	Belchertown	MA	15,272	83	5.43	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
102	Harwich	MA	13,680	75	5.48	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
103	Carver	MA	11,916	67	5.62	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
104	Concord	MA	18,232	103	5.65	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
105	Milton	MA	28,583	162	5.67	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
106	Canton	MA	24,988	144	5.76	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
107	Westminster	MA	8,616	50	5.80	87	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
108	Mashpee	MA	15,560	91	5.85	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
109	Lakeville	MA	12,315	72	5.85	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
110	Winchendon	MA	10,605	62	5.85	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
111	Somerset	MA	18,399	108	5.87	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
112	North Andover	MA	32,192	190	5.90	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
113	Hudson	MA	20,359	121	5.94	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
114	Marblehead	MA	20,598	123	5.97	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
115	Marion	MA	5,364	32	5.97	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
116	Reading	MA	25,814	156	6.04	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
117	Oxford	MA	13,514	82	6.07	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
118	Fairhaven	MA	16,051	99	6.17	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
119	Lancaster	MA	9,026	56	6.20	75	Increasing	Larceny/theft
120	Stoneham	MA	24,317	151	6.21	84	Mixed	Larceny/theft
121	Longmeadow	MA	15,688	98	6.25	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
122	Ludlow	MA	21,091	135	6.40	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
123	Shrewsbury	MA	39,686	258	6.50	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
124	Foxborough	MA	18,929	123	6.50	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
125	Needham	MA	32,713	214	6.54	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
126	Montague	MA	8,414	56	6.66	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
127	Dracut	MA	32,708	221	6.76	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
128	Leicester	MA	11,422	80	7.00	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
129	Belmont	MA	27,223	191	7.02	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
130	Andover	MA	37,060	261	7.04	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
131	Kingston	MA	14,518	103	7.09	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
132	Yarmouth	MA	25,343	180	7.10	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
133	Great Barrington	MA	7,260	53	7.30	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
134	Norwood	MA	31,749	234	7.37	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
135	Plymouth	MA	66,934	497	7.43	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
136	Halifax	MA	7,840	62	7.91	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
137	Swansea	MA	17,626	140	7.94	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
138	South Hadley	MA	17,898	143	7.99	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
139	Mansfield	MA	24,183	195	8.06	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
140	Maynard	MA	10,736	87	8.10	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
141	Whitman	MA	15,514	126	8.12	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
142	Edgartown	MA	5,468	45	8.23	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
143	Easton	MA	25,668	213	8.30	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
144	Dennis	MA	14,942	124	8.30	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
145	Athol	MA	12,107	101	8.34	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
146	Westborough	MA	22,645	189	8.35	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
147	Walpole	MA	26,218	220	8.39	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
148	Hingham	MA	24,513	207	8.44	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
149	Webster	MA	17,837	151	8.47	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
150	Eastham	MA	5,857	50	8.54	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
151	Orleans	MA	6,525	56	8.58	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
152	Lynnfield	MA	13,252	115	8.68	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
153	Falmouth	MA	33,413	292	8.74	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
154	Sturbridge	MA	10,109	89	8.80	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
155	Tewksbury	MA	31,636	283	8.95	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
156	Brookline	MA	63,407	589	9.29	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
157	Nantucket	MA	14,713	137	9.31	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
158	Orange	MA	7,578	73	9.63	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
159	Lee	MA	5,697	55	9.65	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
160	Milford	MA	30,854	300	9.72	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
161	West Bridgewater	MA	7,822	76	9.72	85	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
162	Hanover	MA	14,953	150	10.03	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
163	Wilmington	MA	23,617	242	10.25	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
164	Chelmsford	MA	37,829	389	10.28	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
165	Lunenburg	MA	12,028	126	10.48	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
166	Bourne	MA	20,785	221	10.63	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
167	Wareham	MA	23,643	258	10.91	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
168	Raynham	MA	16,123	181	11.23	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
169	Stoughton	MA	29,856	343	11.49	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
170	Natick	MA	37,019	434	11.72	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
171	Dartmouth	MA	34,278	403	11.76	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
172	Westwood	MA	16,418	193	11.76	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
173	Auburn	MA	17,560	207	11.79	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
174	Wilbraham	MA	14,639	173	11.82	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
175	Swampscott	MA	15,213	182	11.96	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
176	Bellingham	MA	17,863	215	12.04	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
177	Adams	MA	8,002	102	12.75	74	Increasing	Larceny/theft
178	Dedham	MA	25,705	347	13.50	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
179	Abington	MA	17,158	243	14.16	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
180	Saugus	MA	29,227	418	14.30	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
181	Danvers	MA	29,217	424	14.51	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
182	Millbury	MA	14,189	206	14.52	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
183	Holbrook	MA	11,393	166	14.57	76	Increasing	Larceny/theft
184	Oak Bluffs	MA	5,461	85	15.56	73	Increasing	Larceny/theft
185	Lenox	MA	5,081	80	15.74	73	Increasing	Larceny/theft
186	East Longmeadow	MA	16,541	264	15.96	75	Increasing	Larceny/theft
187	Seekonk	MA	15,967	274	17.16	83	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
188	Burlington	MA	26,794	469	17.50	74	Increasing	Larceny/theft
189	Plainville	MA	10,184	180	17.67	74	Increasing	Larceny/theft
190	Wrentham	MA	12,435	227	18.25	74	Increasing	Larceny/theft
191	Hadley	MA	5,250	194	36.95	62	Increasing	Larceny/theft

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