Crime reports from the Boston Police Department, mapped by block. Source: Boston Police Department data from Analyze Boston. Boston updates its file daily. Some reports have no map point. Search a street, filter by type, or download the list as a spreadsheet.
In 2025, Boston police reported 3,915 violent crimes (583 per 100,000 residents), including 24 murders, 762 robberies and 2,976 aggravated assaults, plus 12,909 property crimes, according to FBI data.
Population covered: 671,262. Violent-crime rate rank: 3 of 9 large Massachusetts cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency MA0130100, January–December 2025.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 871 | 1,344 | 17 | 2,444 | Totals |
| Worcester | 601 | 1,281 | 1 | 1,430 | Totals |
| Boston | 583 | 3,915 | 24 | 1,923 | Live |
| Lynn | 561 | 582 | 4 | 1,106 | Totals |
| Brockton | 538 | 568 | 8 | 1,393 | Totals |
| Lowell | 505 | 613 | 2 | 1,386 | Totals |
| Cambridge | 436 | 530 | 2 | 2,595 | Totals |
| New Bedford | 345 | 349 | 4 | 1,548 | Totals |
| Quincy | 302 | 313 | 1 | 1,194 | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
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Boston's violent-crime rate of 583 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 94% higher than the Massachusetts rate (300) and 82% higher than the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 171 residents, or about 75.3 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Boston ranks 104th for violent crime, in the higher half, and 179th for murder (24 murders, 3.6 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 76% of Boston's violent crimes and robberies 19%, a bigger robbery share than the 15% seen nationally.
Property crime ran 1,923 per 100,000, 87% higher than Massachusetts overall. Boston police logged 741 vehicle thefts (110 per 100,000, 282nd of 351; Massachusetts: 89) and 1,065 burglaries (159 per 100,000, 42% higher than the state).
The closest city we cover is Quincy, 5 miles south; its violent-crime rate (302) is 48% lower than Boston's.
Out-of-state cities near Boston's size (671,262 residents): El Paso, TX at 289 violent crimes per 100,000 and Louisville, KY at 674.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Boston had 583 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 94% higher than the statewide 300. It is 3rd highest of the 9 Massachusetts cities on this site; Springfield is highest at 871. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Boston police reported 24 murders for 2025, a rate of 3.6 per 100,000 residents. The Massachusetts rate was 1.3 and the national rate 4.1.
741 vehicles were reported stolen in Boston in 2025, 110 per 100,000 residents. That is 43% lower than the national rate of 195 and ranks 282nd of 351 cities on this site.