In 2025, Cambridge police reported 530 violent crimes (436 per 100,000 residents), including 2 murders, 108 robberies and 383 aggravated assaults, plus 3,157 property crimes, according to FBI data.
Population covered: 121,634. Violent-crime rate rank: 7 of 9 large Massachusetts cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency MA0091100, 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.
Cambridge's violent-crime rate of 436 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 45% higher than the Massachusetts rate (300) and 36% higher than the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 229 residents, or about 10.2 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Cambridge ranks 156th for violent crime, in the higher half, and 267th for murder (2 murders, 1.6 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 72% of Cambridge's violent crimes and robberies 20%, a bigger robbery share than the 15% seen nationally.
Property crime ran 2,595 per 100,000, 2.5 times Massachusetts overall. Cambridge police logged 90 vehicle thefts (74 per 100,000, 322nd of 351; Massachusetts: 89) and 235 burglaries (193 per 100,000, 73% higher than the state).
The closest city we cover is Boston, 6 miles southeast; its violent-crime rate (583) is 34% higher than Cambridge's.
Out-of-state cities near Cambridge's size (121,634 residents): Nampa, ID at 310 violent crimes per 100,000 and Independence, MO at 560.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Cambridge had 436 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 45% higher than the statewide 300. It is 7th 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.
Cambridge police reported 2 murders for 2025, a rate of 1.6 per 100,000 residents. The Massachusetts rate was 1.3 and the national rate 4.1.
90 vehicles were reported stolen in Cambridge in 2025, 74 per 100,000 residents. That is less than half the national rate of 195 and ranks 322nd of 351 cities on this site.