Property Crime Rankings Of Massachusetts Cities & Towns

Property Crime Rates by Massachusetts City & Town

After writing about the Burglary & Theft Insurance market in Massachusetts, Agency Checklists thought it might be interesting to conduct some research on the actual amount of property crime in Massachusetts.

Reviewing data obtained from the FBI, the following tables quantify the number of property crimes which occurred in each Massachusetts community in 2016, the last year for which complete annual data is available.

Crimes that would be categorized as “Property Crime” for the purposes of the FBI reporting guidelines, include Burglary, Larceny-theft, and Motor Vehicle Theft.

The ratio of property crime for the biggest cities in the Commonwealth

These are the largest communities in the Commonwealth based on population.

In descending order of size, Agency Checklists reviewed the data and compiled the following charts categorizing the amount of property crime that occurred in each city in 2014. A breakdown of how many of the total number of Property Crimes involved Burglary, Larceny-theft and Motor Vehicle theft are in separate columns.

The last column identifies the ratio of property crime each city has as compared to their overall populations.

The top twenty cities and towns by population with their property crime statistics

Rank	City	Population	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Ratio: Population to total property crimes
1	Boston	673,880	14,489	1,837	11,429	1,223	2.15%
2	Worcester	184,595	5,358	1,366	3,473	519	2.90%
3	Springfield	154,102	5,073	1,486	3,000	587	3.29%
4	Cambridge	111,030	2,369	326	1,924	119	2.13%
5	Lowell	111,027	2,199	407	1,391	401	1.98%
6	Brockton	95,189	2,290	512	1,498	280	2.41%
7	New Bedford	94,524	2,924	615	2,035	274	3.09%
8	Quincy	93,437	1,506	295	1,113	98	1.61%
9	Lynn	92,443	1,922	365	1,336	221	2.08%
10	Newton	89,116	642	80	544	18	0.72%
11	Fall River	88,371	1,666	485	944	237	1.89%
12	Somerville	80,899	1,206	207	897	102	1.49%
13	Lawrence	80,622	1,509	279	649	581	1.87%
14	Framingham	71,422	831	122	655	54	1.16%
15	Waltham	63,613	688	109	550	29	1.08%
16	Haverhill	62,851	982	247	653	82	1.56%
17	Malden	61,102	717	96	520	101	1.17%
18	Plymouth	59,088	377	74	284	19	0.64%
19	Brookline	59,033	610	77	523	10	1.03%
20	Medford	57,367	670	87	535	48	1.17%

The 2016 Property Crime Statistics by Massachusetts cities & towns

The following is a list of the total amount of property crime in each community in the Commonwealth.

The list is in descending order starting with those Massachusetts communities with the highest ratio of property crime to population. Those communities with the lowest ratio of property crime to population appear at the end of the list.

Again, a breakdown of how many of the total number of Property Crimes involved Burglary, Larceny-theft and Motor Vehicle theft are in separate columns, followed by the ratio of crime to population in the last column.

Rank	City	Population	All property crimes	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Ratio: Population to total property crimes
1	Holyoke	40,738	2,013	318	1,566	129	4.94%
2	West Springfield	28,689	1,206	134	1,002	70	4.20%
3	Avon	4,505	183	23	154	6	4.06%
4	Hadley	5,372	208	16	188	4	3.87%
5	Provincetown	2,959	105	20	81	4	3.55%
6	Springfield	154,102	5,073	1,486	3,000	587	3.29%
7	North Adams	13,162	433	122	289	22	3.29%
8	New Bedford	94,524	2,924	615	2,035	274	3.09%
9	Worcester	184,595	5,358	1,366	3,473	519	2.90%
10	Nantucket	11,036	306	51	247	8	2.77%
11	Gardner	20,277	509	145	349	15	2.51%
12	Auburn	16,508	409	36	355	18	2.48%
13	Salem	42,888	1,033	111	877	45	2.41%
14	Brockton	95,189	2,290	512	1,498	280	2.41%
15	Pittsfield	43,031	1,016	364	620	32	2.36%
16	Dartmouth	34,630	804	99	678	27	2.32%
17	Fairhaven	16,120	373	67	294	12	2.31%
18	Chicopee	56,887	1,316	339	882	95	2.31%
19	Dennis	13,905	320	76	228	16	2.30%
20	Edgartown	4,354	100	12	87	1	2.30%
21	Chelsea	40,096	914	130	671	113	2.28%
22	Leominster	41,547	940	140	764	36	2.26%
23	Danvers	27,997	608	29	559	20	2.17%
24	Montague	8,242	178	65	111	2	2.16%
25	Boston	673,880	14,489	1,837	11,429	1,223	2.15%
26	Revere	53,514	1,142	194	835	113	2.13%
27	Cambridge	111,030	2,369	326	1,924	119	2.13%
28	Seekonk	15,159	319	34	273	12	2.10%
29	Northampton	28,521	600	83	506	11	2.10%
30	Fitchburg	40,391	846	189	613	44	2.09%
31	Greenfield	17,456	365	71	280	14	2.09%
32	Lynn	92,443	1,922	365	1,336	221	2.08%
33	Saugus	28,131	572	42	499	31	2.03%
34	Yarmouth	23,299	468	98	352	18	2.01%
35	Orleans	5,810	116	14	100	2	2.00%
36	Falmouth	31,382	625	267	323	35	1.99%
37	Wareham	22,422	446	90	330	26	1.99%
38	Tisbury	4,129	82	12	67	3	1.99%
39	Dedham	25,402	504	27	441	36	1.98%
40	Lowell	111,027	2,199	407	1,391	401	1.98%
41	Raynham	13,818	272	26	220	26	1.97%
42	Bellingham	16,922	321	26	278	17	1.90%
43	Fall River	88,371	1,666	485	944	237	1.89%
44	Lawrence	80,622	1,509	279	649	581	1.87%
45	Erving	1,771	33	11	22	0	1.86%
46	Wrentham	11,614	215	9	198	8	1.85%
47	Lunenburg	11,438	210	31	172	7	1.84%
48	West Bridgewater	7,097	130	19	91	20	1.83%
49	Athol	11,612	211	46	158	7	1.82%
50	Braintree	37,673	664	48	569	47	1.76%
51	Lee	5,790	102	18	81	3	1.76%
52	Attleboro	44,225	779	139	606	34	1.76%
53	Sturbridge	9,520	166	19	141	6	1.74%
54	Burlington	26,083	453	23	419	11	1.74%
55	Webster	16,842	292	56	209	27	1.73%
56	Williamstown	7,591	130	12	117	1	1.71%
57	Ware	9,891	169	20	142	7	1.71%
58	Agawam	28,844	489	173	284	32	1.70%
59	Southbridge	16,819	282	54	214	14	1.68%
60	Winchendon	10,727	179	18	150	11	1.67%
61	Millbury	13,532	224	33	177	14	1.66%
62	Methuen	49,912	821	126	616	79	1.64%
63	Salisbury	9,425	154	36	111	7	1.63%
64	Barnstable	43,974	711	133	558	20	1.62%
65	Quincy	93,437	1,506	295	1,113	98	1.61%
66	Lenox	4,971	80	11	67	2	1.61%
67	Palmer	12,171	193	48	139	6	1.59%
68	Haverhill	62,851	982	247	653	82	1.56%
69	Stoughton	28,583	440	66	348	26	1.54%
70	Swansea	16,418	246	29	205	12	1.50%
71	North Attleboro	29,013	433	54	365	14	1.49%
72	Somerville	80,899	1,206	207	897	102	1.49%
73	Abington	16,201	238	63	164	11	1.47%
74	Adams	8,131	116	29	84	3	1.43%
75	South Hadley	17,748	253	123	122	8	1.43%
76	Oxford	13,895	197	37	152	8	1.42%
77	Marlborough	39,899	561	85	453	23	1.41%
78	Everett	46,754	652	91	489	72	1.39%
79	Randolph	33,807	471	64	378	29	1.39%
80	Natick	36,777	495	38	443	14	1.35%
81	Ludlow	21,484	287	65	195	27	1.34%
82	Taunton	56,720	749	262	397	90	1.32%
83	Westfield	41,700	550	116	414	20	1.32%
84	Orange	7,615	100	28	66	6	1.31%
85	Bourne	19,577	257	83	162	12	1.31%
86	Leicester	11,355	149	21	119	9	1.31%
87	Peabody	52,501	685	56	586	43	1.30%
88	Acushnet	10,466	134	61	67	6	1.28%
89	Dracut	31,586	404	64	316	24	1.28%
90	Swampscott	14,551	186	26	154	6	1.28%
91	Harwich	12,112	151	47	97	7	1.25%
92	Stockbridge	1,936	24	8	15	1	1.24%
93	Ayer	8,078	100	32	65	3	1.24%
94	Chatham	6,119	75	13	61	1	1.23%
95	Milford	28,606	348	57	269	22	1.22%
96	Chelmsford	35,251	422	25	379	18	1.20%
97	Somerset	18,223	218	28	171	19	1.20%
98	East Longmeadow	16,267	193	33	154	6	1.19%
99	Lakeville	11,417	135	61	68	6	1.18%
100	Northbridge	16,638	196	28	163	5	1.18%
101	Malden	61,102	717	96	520	101	1.17%
102	Wellfleet	2,737	32	6	23	3	1.17%
103	Medford	57,367	670	87	535	48	1.17%
104	Framingham	71,422	831	122	655	54	1.16%
105	Watertown	34,655	400	29	360	11	1.15%
106	Truro	1,999	23	3	18	2	1.15%
107	Eastham	4,886	56	8	46	2	1.15%
108	Freetown	9,199	105	22	71	12	1.14%
109	Hudson	19,931	227	25	199	3	1.14%
110	West Boylston	7,895	89	13	73	3	1.13%
111	Woburn	39,638	446	61	365	20	1.13%
112	Wilbraham	14,684	165	48	104	13	1.12%
113	Hampden	5,227	58	15	33	10	1.11%
114	Deerfield	4,994	55	6	47	2	1.10%
115	Plainville	9,178	101	6	91	4	1.10%
116	Stoneham	22,045	242	84	140	18	1.10%
117	Waltham	63,613	688	109	550	29	1.08%
118	Westwood	16,285	174	11	162	1	1.07%
119	Newburyport	18,011	192	23	165	4	1.07%
120	Kingston	13,378	142	13	118	11	1.06%
121	Whately	1,523	16	4	11	1	1.05%
122	Easthampton	16,026	167	25	137	5	1.04%
123	Spencer	11,782	122	22	89	11	1.04%
124	Brookline	59,033	610	77	523	10	1.03%
125	Leverett	1,843	19	2	17	0	1.03%
126	Norwood	29,058	296	44	229	23	1.02%
127	Brewster	9,888	99	27	71	1	1.00%
128	Mashpee	14,122	140	26	110	4	0.99%
129	Middleboro	24,490	242	32	185	25	0.99%
130	Great Barrington	6,870	67	19	47	1	0.98%
131	Walpole	25,187	244	22	215	7	0.97%
132	Halifax	7,861	76	4	65	7	0.97%
133	Northborough	15,109	146	20	123	3	0.97%
134	Tewksbury	31,160	300	42	246	12	0.96%
135	Dalton	6,642	63	17	44	2	0.95%
136	Sutton	9,292	88	39	45	4	0.95%
137	Westport	15,798	149	48	92	9	0.94%
138	Weymouth	56,149	527	87	411	29	0.94%
139	Westminster	7,595	71	11	55	5	0.93%
140	Easton	23,918	223	38	166	19	0.93%
141	East Bridgewater	14,390	134	14	112	8	0.93%
142	Southwick	9,758	89	28	54	7	0.91%
143	Longmeadow	15,876	141	39	89	13	0.89%
144	Carver	11,600	103	17	76	10	0.89%
145	Hardwick	4,019	35	9	24	2	0.87%
146	Mansfield	23,681	206	42	148	16	0.87%
147	Rehoboth	12,033	104	35	65	4	0.86%
148	Bolton	5,210	45	9	36	0	0.86%
149	Canton	22,962	198	27	156	15	0.86%
150	Bernardston	2,096	18	4	12	2	0.86%
151	Hingham	23,204	196	34	159	3	0.84%
152	Mattapoisett	6,282	53	11	39	3	0.84%
153	Winthrop	18,216	153	58	89	6	0.84%
154	Milton	27,317	223	36	172	15	0.82%
155	Whitman	14,852	121	26	85	10	0.81%
156	Beverly	41,303	330	36	277	17	0.80%
157	Hanover	14,466	115	21	92	2	0.79%
158	Marion	5,098	40	7	31	2	0.78%
159	Wakefield	27,080	210	27	169	14	0.78%
160	Littleton	10,074	78	10	63	5	0.77%
161	Cohasset	8,538	66	21	42	3	0.77%
162	Templeton	8,169	63	17	41	5	0.77%
163	Granby	6,375	49	13	34	2	0.77%
164	Gloucester	29,836	229	21	193	15	0.77%
165	Hull	10,482	80	19	60	1	0.76%
166	Melrose	28,070	214	17	173	24	0.76%
167	Westborough	18,984	144	16	123	5	0.76%
168	Chilmark	926	7	2	5	0	0.76%
169	Wilmington	23,667	175	26	136	13	0.74%
170	Becket	1,759	13	10	3	0	0.74%
171	Sandwich	20,312	150	29	115	6	0.74%
172	Northfield	2,984	22	5	17	0	0.74%
173	Winchester	22,523	166	21	140	5	0.74%
174	Blackstone	9,079	66	13	47	6	0.73%
175	Ashburnham	6,206	45	11	34	0	0.73%
176	Rutland	8,599	62	14	44	4	0.72%
177	Newton	89,116	642	80	544	18	0.72%
178	Marblehead	20,563	148	20	121	7	0.72%
179	Pepperell	12,242	88	17	70	1	0.72%
180	Nahant	3,484	25	3	20	2	0.72%
181	Acton	23,770	169	23	141	5	0.71%
182	Dighton	7,430	52	16	29	7	0.70%
183	Lynnfield	12,946	90	14	71	5	0.70%
184	Belmont	25,637	177	58	114	5	0.69%
185	Lancaster	8,150	56	8	46	2	0.69%
186	Reading	25,779	176	34	136	6	0.68%
187	Pelham	1,332	9	3	2	4	0.68%
188	Sterling	7,993	54	19	33	2	0.68%
189	Monson	8,812	58	23	30	5	0.66%
190	Sunderland	3,652	24	11	11	2	0.66%
191	Ashland	17,689	116	38	74	4	0.66%
192	Concord	20,189	132	19	113	0	0.65%
193	West Tisbury	2,927	19	9	8	2	0.65%
194	Plymouth	59,088	377	74	284	19	0.64%
195	Mendon	6,033	38	11	21	6	0.63%
196	Norwell	11,030	69	7	59	3	0.63%
197	Andover	35,558	216	28	174	14	0.61%
198	North Andover	29,853	179	11	161	7	0.60%
199	Dover	6,008	36	8	27	1	0.60%
200	Amherst	40,063	240	66	163	11	0.60%
201	Rochester	5,522	33	11	21	1	0.60%
202	Lincoln	7,550	45	6	39	0	0.60%
203	Charlton	13,430	80	12	63	5	0.60%
204	Ipswich	13,863	82	8	73	1	0.59%
205	Duxbury	15,497	91	16	74	1	0.59%
206	Needham	30,733	177	19	157	1	0.58%
207	Pembroke	18,274	105	25	67	13	0.57%
208	Shirley	7,389	42	6	34	2	0.57%
209	Williamsburg	2,466	14	8	6	0	0.57%
210	Maynard	10,745	61	11	49	1	0.57%
211	Harvard	6,552	37	14	23	0	0.56%
212	East Brookfield	2,178	12	5	6	1	0.55%
213	Middleton	9,852	54	3	50	1	0.55%
214	Wellesley	29,049	159	33	125	1	0.55%
215	West Newbury	4,582	25	5	18	2	0.55%
216	Georgetown	8,623	47	6	39	2	0.55%
217	Belchertown	14,985	81	22	54	5	0.54%
218	Merrimac	6,859	37	11	26	0	0.54%
219	Southborough	10,048	53	15	31	7	0.53%
220	Princeton	3,465	18	5	13	0	0.52%
221	Tyngsboro	12,397	63	10	50	3	0.51%
222	Arlington	45,004	228	42	168	18	0.51%
223	Brimfield	3,756	19	4	13	2	0.51%
224	Marshfield	25,696	128	18	100	10	0.50%
225	Berkley	6,678	33	13	15	5	0.49%
226	Shelburne	1,839	9	4	5	0	0.49%
227	Dudley	11,558	56	11	38	7	0.48%
228	Douglas	8,741	42	5	28	9	0.48%
229	Townsend	9,585	46	11	32	3	0.48%
230	Hanson	10,666	51	13	33	5	0.48%
231	Shrewsbury	36,874	176	47	115	14	0.48%
232	Stow	7,197	34	14	20	0	0.47%
233	Billerica	42,965	201	33	161	7	0.47%
234	Boylston	4,551	21	14	7	0	0.46%
235	Dunstable	3,471	16	4	12	0	0.46%
236	Berlin	3,038	14	0	14	0	0.46%
237	Medway	13,289	59	27	32	0	0.44%
238	Carlisle	5,300	23	1	22	0	0.43%
239	Millville	3,228	14	5	7	2	0.43%
240	Groton	11,372	49	10	38	1	0.43%
241	Grafton	18,613	80	19	56	5	0.43%
242	Weston	12,147	52	6	42	4	0.43%
243	Rowley	6,343	27	10	16	1	0.43%
244	Clinton	13,780	56	7	49	0	0.41%
245	Boxborough	5,223	21	3	15	3	0.40%
246	Hatfield	3,302	13	1	11	1	0.39%
247	Lexington	33,643	132	22	108	2	0.39%
248	Hopedale	5,938	23	14	7	2	0.39%
249	Newbury	6,999	27	7	17	3	0.39%
250	North Reading	15,712	60	3	53	4	0.38%
251	Hopkinton	16,960	64	1	63	0	0.38%
252	Plympton	2,922	11	4	6	1	0.38%
253	Holliston	14,656	55	13	39	3	0.38%
254	Westford	24,103	88	16	69	3	0.37%
255	Upton	7,726	28	6	22	0	0.36%
256	Bedford	14,280	49	4	45	0	0.34%
257	Hamilton	8,181	28	4	23	1	0.34%
258	Sharon	18,200	62	16	43	3	0.34%
259	Egremont	1,207	4	3	1	0	0.33%
260	Paxton	4,874	16	5	10	1	0.33%
261	Wales	1,906	6	2	3	1	0.31%
262	Sherborn	4,317	13	3	10	0	0.30%
263	Franklin	33,264	98	19	73	6	0.29%
264	Holden	18,829	55	15	37	3	0.29%
265	Goshen	1,073	3	1	1	1	0.28%
266	Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,387	15	2	12	1	0.28%
267	Sudbury	19,035	41	6	34	1	0.22%
268	Wenham	5,198	11	1	10	0	0.21%
269	Oakham	1,925	4	1	2	1	0.21%
270	Rockport	7,222	15	2	13	0	0.21%
271	Boxford	8,271	15	1	14	0	0.18%
272	Norfolk	11,991	21	8	12	1	0.18%
273	Norton	19,445	33	16	15	2	0.17%
274	Topsfield	6,590	11	1	10	0	0.17%
275	Groveland	6,776	11	4	7	0	0.16%
276	Wayland	13,760	6	4	1	1	0.04%