Safest Cities in Massachusetts (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Massachusetts with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 12 safest of 25 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in Massachusetts list. See the full ranked list →
- 1NewtonA581per 100k0.0homicide
- 2MethuenA703per 100k1.8homicide
- 3BrooklineA847per 100k1.6homicide
- 4MedfordB1,113per 100k0.0homicide
- 5WeymouthB837per 100k0.0homicide
- 6WalthamB976per 100k0.0homicide
- 7FraminghamB1,042per 100k0.0homicide
- 8MaldenB1,405per 100k0.0homicide
- 9PeabodyB919per 100k0.0homicide
- 10HaverhillB1,003per 100k0.0homicide
- 11SomervilleB1,775per 100k0.0homicide
- 12RevereB1,422per 100k0.0homicide
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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 →