Most Dangerous Cities in Massachusetts (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Massachusetts with the lowest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 13 most dangerous of 26 cities
Not the same cities shown on the safest cities in Massachusetts list. See the full ranked list →
- 1SpringfieldE3,327per 100k11.0homicide
- 2Fall RiverD2,324per 100k3.2homicide
- 3BostonD2,496per 100k3.6homicide
- 4CambridgeC3,037per 100k1.6homicide
- 5BrocktonC1,941per 100k7.6homicide
- 6LynnC1,668per 100k3.9homicide
- 7LowellC1,896per 100k1.6homicide
- 8ChicopeeC1,883per 100k3.6homicide
- 9New BedfordC1,901per 100k4.0homicide
- 10TauntonC1,437per 100k1.6homicide
- 11EverettB1,592per 100k0.0homicide
- 12LawrenceB1,260per 100k2.2homicide
- 13QuincyB1,499per 100k1.0homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →