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Massachusetts Cities With The Highest Number of Burglary, Motor Vehicle and Larceny Thefts Reported in 2019

November 17, 2020 by AC Editor

An analysis of the rates of three different property crimes by Massachusetts City & Town


Each year the FBI issues its “Crime in the United States Report” offering the latest Crime Statistic data

In connection with our Market Share Reports on both the Homeowner’s Multi-Peril and the Burglary & Theft lines of insurance in Massachusetts, Agency Checklists now offers a look at the rate of Property Crime in the Commonwealth. Similar to the Massachusetts Division of Insurance, each year the FBI issues a report outlining the overall trends in property crime within certain areas of the U.S. as well as nationally.

According to the FBI’s definition, crimes that would be categorized as “Property Crime” for the purposes of the FBI reporting guidelines, include Burglary, Larceny-theft, and Motor Vehicle Theft and Arson. “The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.”


A few national statistics with respect to Property Crime in the United States

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According to the FBI, 18,667 federal, state, county, city, university, and college, as well as tribal agencies participated in this year’s annual Uniform Crime Reporting Program. While the statistics look at violent crime, the UCR Reports also publishes separate data with regards to property crimes including burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle left, and arson.

The following are a few highlights provided by the FBI with regards to this years UCR Report on Property Crime:

  • Nationwide, there were an estimated 6,925,677 property crimes. The estimated numbers for all three property crimes showed declines when compared with the previous year’s estimates. Burglaries dropped 9.5%, larceny-thefts decreased 2.8%, and motor vehicle thefts were down 4.0%.
  • Collectively, victims of property crimes (excluding arson) suffered losses estimated at $15.8 billion in 2019.
  • The FBI estimated law enforcement agencies nationwide made 10.1 million arrests, (excluding those for traffic violations) in 2019.
  • Of the property crime offenses, the arrest rate for burglary was 52.3 per 100,000 inhabitants; larceny-theft, 263.0; and motor vehicle theft, 25.1. The arrest rate for arson was 2.8 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Property crime statistics in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The following is a list of the twenty major cities and towns by population in Massachusetts along with their corresponding property crime statistics for 2019. The FBI cautions that while numbered, the following should not be construed as a ranking per se, as it “provide[s] no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime in a particular state, county, city, town, tribal area, or region” and can lead to a “simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communities and their residents.” It is however, data worth knowing and as such it is provided below without additional analysis or opinion.


A look at cities with the highest rate of Burglary crimes

The following are the 25 cities and towns in Massachusetts that reported the highest number of Burglary crimes in 2019. It is also worthwhile to note that there were eight cities and towns which reported zero burglaries in 2019. They are as follows: Aquinnah, Boylston, Cheshire, Chilmark, East Brookfield, Oakham, Truro, and Worthington.

CityPopulationBurglary Statistics
1.Boston698.9411,703
2.Worcester184,945786
3.Springfield154,306746
4.New Bedford94,613465
5.Fall River89,066412
6.Lynn94,449302
7.Lowell111,423292
8.Pittsfield42,268263
9.Brockton95,287248
10.Chicopee55,293245
11.Quincy94,113216
12.Holyoke40,178213
13.Haverhill63,935179
14.Cambridge119,908161
15.Framingham73,127158
16.Somerville81,668140
17.Agawam28,736133
18.Lawrence80,243113
19.Falmouth30,717112
20.Chelsea40,496105
21.Everett47,195104
22.Malden60,746103
23.West Springfield28,628101
24.Fitchburg40,62194
25.North Adams12,80088

A look at the cities with the highest number of reported Motor Vehicle thefts in 2019

The following are the 25 cities and towns in Massachusetts that reported the highest number of Motor Vehicle crimes in 2019. Due to some reporting dispute statistics and inconsistencies for 2019, the FBI did not include a total number of Motor Vehicle thefts for the City of Boston. As a result, Boston is not included on the list below although referring to past reviews we have done it would like to be included among the first five cities reported. Perhaps, the most surprising result of this review, however, is that there are 38 cities and towns in Massachusetts which had no reported Motor Vehicle thefts during 2019. They are as follows: Lunenburg, Chatham, Hatfield, Northborough, Harvard, Medway, Orleans, Wellfleet, Great Barrington, Lexington, Littleton, Carlisle, Groton, Hardwick, Marion, Stow, Williamsburg, Bernardston, Dover, Norfolk, Princeton, Wales, Bolton, Boxford, Goshen, Hopedale, Lincoln, Pelham, Becket, Gill, Millville, Northfield, Wayland, Aquinnah, Boylston, Chilmark, Truro, and Worthington.

CityPopulationMotor Vehicle incidents
1.Springfield154,306493
2.Worcester184,945369
3.Brockton95,287288
4.Lowell111,423170
5.Lawrence80,243164
6.Fall River89,066163
7.New Bedford94,613149
8.Lynn94,449137
9.Chicopee55,293104
10.Cambridge119,90898
11.Holyoke40,17897
12.Malden60,74695
13.Haverhill63,93589
14.Somerville81,66889
15.Chelsea40,49683
16.Everett47,19574
17.Revere53,65461
18.Quincy94,11355
19.West Springfield28,62854
20.Methuen50,72748
21.Salem43,44346
22.Fitchburg40,62145
23.Woburn40,25145
24.Pittsfield42,26843
25.Leominster41,63140

A look at the cities with the highest number of Larceny-Theft reports in 2019

The following are the 25 cities and towns in Massachusetts that reported the highest number of Larceny-theft crimes in 2019. Again, in addition to the following cities which reported the most Larceny-thefts in the Commonwealth during 2019, there were four cities which had no reported Larceny-thefts incidents. They are as follows: Wayland, Aquinnah, Cheshire, and Worthington.

CityPopulationLarceny-theft
1.Boston698,94110,590
2.Springfield154,3062,766
3.Worcester184,9452,637
4.Cambridge119,9081,724
5.New Bedford94,6131,513
6.Brockton95,2871,317
7.Lowell111,4231,190
8.Holyoke40,1781,184
9.Chicopee55,293971
10.Lynn94,449908
11.Quincy94,113875
12.West Springfield28,628814
13.Somerville81,668796
14.Lawrence80,243677
15.Framingham73,127609
16.Salem43,443594
17.Haverhill63,935570
18.Revere53,654524
19.Malden60,746521
20.Fall River89,066499
21.Leominster41,631495
22.Pittsfield42,268490
23.Plymouth60,870490
24.Brookline58,928453
25.Methuen50,727446

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