Chelsea MA Crime Rate 1999-2018
Interactive chart of the Chelsea, Massachusetts violent crime rate and statistics by year from 1999 to 2018. In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime statistics are composed of four offenses: murder/homicide and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses which involve force or threat of force.
- The Chelsea MA crime rate for 2018 was 676.04 per 100,000 population, a 13.05% decline from 2017.
- The Chelsea MA crime rate for 2017 was 777.51 per 100,000 population, a 15.74% decline from 2016.
- The Chelsea MA crime rate for 2016 was 922.79 per 100,000 population, a 14.56% decline from 2015.
- The Chelsea MA crime rate for 2015 was 1080.1 per 100,000 population, a 2.88% decline from 2014.
City Name |
Population |
Rate |
Fall River |
89,475 |
1,014.81 |
Springfield |
155,179 |
988.54 |
Holyoke |
40,470 |
966.15 |
Brockton |
95,922 |
904.90 |
Pittsfield |
42,298 |
841.65 |
North Adams |
12,858 |
777.73 |
Montague |
8,235 |
704.31 |
Wareham |
22,747 |
703.39 |
Worcester |
186,188 |
682.64 |
Chelsea |
40,974 |
676.04 |
Hadley |
5,347 |
635.87 |
New Bedford |
95,106 |
634.03 |
Webster |
17,051 |
633.39 |
Boston |
694,673 |
622.45 |
Lawrence |
80,669 |
619.82 |
Edgartown |
4,357 |
619.69 |
Provincetown |
2,960 |
608.11 |
Lynn |
94,558 |
595.40 |
West Springfield |
28,802 |
583.29 |
Fitchburg |
40,836 |
582.82 |
Tisbury |
4,131 |
580.97 |
Greenfield |
17,443 |
579.03 |
Haverhill |
64,012 |
559.27 |
Oak Bluffs |
4,699 |
532.03 |
Southbridge |
16,933 |
525.60 |
Leominster |
41,727 |
524.84 |
Athol |
11,721 |
486.31 |
Yarmouth |
23,269 |
485.62 |
Revere |
54,296 |
477.01 |
Ware |
9,850 |
467.01 |
Palmer |
12,320 |
462.66 |
Dennis |
13,872 |
454.15 |
Gardner |
20,704 |
444.36 |
Middleboro |
25,125 |
441.79 |
Ayer |
8,246 |
436.58 |
Taunton |
57,304 |
424.05 |
Marlborough |
40,052 |
416.96 |
Northampton |
28,587 |
395.28 |
Plymouth |
60,349 |
381.12 |
Barnstable |
44,015 |
377.14 |
Quincy |
94,388 |
372.93 |
Everett |
47,005 |
368.05 |
Agawam |
28,955 |
362.63 |
Falmouth |
31,033 |
351.24 |
Framingham |
72,510 |
348.92 |
Winchendon |
10,933 |
347.57 |
Fairhaven |
16,076 |
342.12 |
Canton |
23,709 |
341.64 |
Erving |
1,762 |
340.52 |
Mashpee |
14,215 |
330.64 |
Nantucket |
11,388 |
324.90 |
Lowell |
111,989 |
324.14 |
Brewster |
9,831 |
315.33 |
Randolph |
34,535 |
312.73 |
Leicester |
11,435 |
306.08 |
Peabody |
53,209 |
298.82 |
Lee |
5,694 |
298.56 |
Amherst |
40,242 |
298.20 |
Cambridge |
114,881 |
295.09 |
Malden |
61,469 |
292.83 |
Adams |
8,036 |
286.21 |
Weymouth |
57,069 |
280.36 |
Hanson |
10,858 |
276.29 |
West Tisbury |
2,920 |
273.97 |
Gill |
1,498 |
267.02 |
Westfield |
41,854 |
265.21 |
Stoughton |
28,729 |
264.54 |
Great Barrington |
6,821 |
263.89 |
Tewksbury |
31,561 |
259.81 |
Carver |
11,743 |
255.47 |
Freetown |
9,404 |
255.21 |
Whitman |
15,093 |
251.77 |
Truro |
2,004 |
249.50 |
Abington |
16,443 |
249.35 |
Sturbridge |
9,626 |
249.32 |
Foxborough |
17,667 |
249.05 |
Monson |
8,890 |
247.47 |
Hudson |
20,060 |
239.28 |
Gloucester |
30,356 |
237.19 |
Oxford |
14,015 |
235.46 |
Saugus |
28,471 |
231.81 |
Bourne |
19,894 |
231.23 |
Douglas |
8,925 |
224.09 |
Lenox |
4,941 |
222.63 |
Attleboro |
44,719 |
219.15 |
Somerville |
82,161 |
215.43 |
Somerset |
18,166 |
214.69 |
Dalton |
6,556 |
213.54 |
Ludlow |
21,590 |
213.06 |
Easthampton |
16,050 |
211.84 |
Milford |
29,056 |
209.94 |
Salisbury |
9,567 |
209.05 |
Holbrook |
11,052 |
208.11 |
Westport |
15,959 |
206.78 |
Bridgewater |
27,584 |
206.64 |
Eastham |
4,871 |
205.30 |
Rutland |
8,803 |
204.48 |
Dudley |
11,807 |
203.27 |
Hardwick |
3,029 |
198.09 |
Harwich |
12,130 |
197.86 |
Maynard |
10,744 |
195.46 |
Danvers |
27,703 |
194.92 |
Dartmouth |
34,322 |
192.30 |
Salem |
43,634 |
190.22 |
Kingston |
13,700 |
189.78 |
Bernardston |
2,108 |
189.75 |
Raynham |
14,320 |
188.55 |
Mattapoisett |
6,369 |
188.41 |
Waltham |
62,655 |
186.74 |
Lancaster |
8,074 |
185.78 |
Templeton |
8,156 |
183.91 |
Sherborn |
4,351 |
183.87 |
Wellfleet |
2,733 |
182.95 |
Amesbury |
17,623 |
181.58 |
Acushnet |
10,576 |
179.65 |
Easton |
25,225 |
178.39 |
Southampton |
6,254 |
175.89 |
Marion |
5,134 |
175.30 |
Becket |
1,716 |
174.83 |
Swansea |
16,619 |
174.50 |
Southwick |
9,810 |
173.29 |
Auburn |
16,771 |
172.92 |
Nahant |
3,513 |
170.79 |
East Longmeadow |
16,398 |
170.75 |
Middleton |
9,991 |
170.15 |
Plympton |
2,988 |
167.34 |
Walpole |
25,204 |
166.64 |
Egremont |
1,202 |
166.39 |
Westminster |
7,835 |
165.92 |
Belchertown |
15,165 |
164.85 |
Seekonk |
15,820 |
164.35 |
Northbridge |
16,759 |
161.11 |
Tyngsboro |
12,499 |
160.01 |
Stockbridge |
1,900 |
157.89 |
Sutton |
9,527 |
157.45 |
Hingham |
23,588 |
156.86 |
Medway |
13,406 |
156.65 |
Lunenburg |
11,498 |
156.55 |
Oakham |
1,952 |
153.69 |
Wakefield |
27,447 |
153.02 |
Natick |
36,717 |
152.52 |
East Bridgewater |
14,558 |
151.12 |
Spencer |
11,989 |
150.14 |
Stoneham |
22,135 |
149.09 |
Winthrop |
18,783 |
149.07 |
Wilbraham |
14,760 |
149.05 |
Chatham |
6,174 |
145.77 |
Burlington |
27,562 |
145.13 |
Mansfield |
24,050 |
141.37 |
Rowley |
6,392 |
140.80 |
Deerfield |
5,012 |
139.66 |
Braintree |
37,345 |
139.24 |
Orleans |
5,809 |
137.72 |
Millbury |
13,802 |
137.66 |
West Boylston |
8,103 |
135.75 |
South Hadley |
17,799 |
134.84 |
Northfield |
2,982 |
134.14 |
Norwood |
29,267 |
133.26 |
Shirley |
7,724 |
129.47 |
Dracut |
31,917 |
128.46 |
Whately |
1,559 |
128.29 |
Marshfield |
25,922 |
127.30 |
Newbury |
7,135 |
126.14 |
Medford |
57,997 |
125.87 |
Rochester |
5,623 |
124.49 |
Ashland |
17,860 |
123.18 |
Lakeville |
11,525 |
121.48 |
Hatfield |
3,302 |
121.14 |
Williamsburg |
2,493 |
120.34 |
Dunstable |
3,407 |
117.41 |
Woburn |
39,895 |
115.30 |
Sandwich |
20,248 |
113.59 |
North Andover |
31,394 |
111.49 |
Grafton |
18,900 |
111.11 |
Bellingham |
17,184 |
110.57 |
Manchester-by-the-Sea |
5,428 |
110.54 |
Sudbury |
19,037 |
110.31 |
Granby |
6,347 |
110.29 |
Sunderland |
3,638 |
109.95 |
Acton |
24,038 |
108.16 |
Southborough |
10,187 |
107.98 |
Plainville |
9,281 |
107.75 |
Pepperell |
12,234 |
106.26 |
Berkley |
6,748 |
103.73 |
North Reading |
15,849 |
100.95 |
Beverly |
42,114 |
99.73 |
Ipswich |
14,107 |
99.24 |
Newburyport |
18,146 |
99.20 |
New Braintree |
1,028 |
97.28 |
Marblehead |
20,652 |
96.84 |
Groton |
11,462 |
95.97 |
Hampden |
5,213 |
95.91 |
North Attleboro |
29,208 |
95.86 |
Charlton |
13,652 |
95.22 |
Ashburnham |
6,335 |
94.71 |
Brookline |
59,199 |
94.60 |
Longmeadow |
15,898 |
94.35 |
Townsend |
9,600 |
93.75 |
Berlin |
3,222 |
93.11 |
Topsfield |
6,628 |
90.53 |
Avon |
4,514 |
88.61 |
Westborough |
19,226 |
88.42 |
Chelmsford |
35,264 |
87.91 |
Littleton |
10,292 |
87.45 |
Methuen |
50,676 |
86.83 |
Sterling |
8,181 |
85.56 |
Wilmington |
24,005 |
83.32 |
Billerica |
44,482 |
83.18 |
West Bridgewater |
7,272 |
82.51 |
Pembroke |
18,446 |
81.32 |
Norwell |
11,144 |
80.76 |
Holliston |
14,924 |
80.41 |
Scituate |
18,761 |
79.95 |
Holland |
2,502 |
79.94 |
Watertown |
36,320 |
79.85 |
Pelham |
1,326 |
75.41 |
Boxborough |
6,634 |
75.37 |
Arlington |
45,876 |
74.11 |
Lincoln |
6,839 |
73.11 |
Clinton |
14,009 |
71.38 |
Sharon |
18,373 |
70.76 |
Norton |
19,983 |
70.06 |
Stow |
7,171 |
69.73 |
Cohasset |
8,665 |
69.24 |
Rockport |
7,284 |
68.64 |
Mendon |
6,130 |
65.25 |
Rehoboth |
12,268 |
65.21 |
Newton |
89,505 |
64.80 |
Boylston |
4,674 |
64.18 |
Williamstown |
7,845 |
63.73 |
Upton |
7,979 |
62.66 |
Westwood |
16,267 |
61.47 |
Paxton |
4,888 |
61.37 |
Harvard |
6,572 |
60.86 |
Swampscott |
15,380 |
58.52 |
Merrimac |
6,993 |
57.20 |
Wenham |
5,299 |
56.61 |
Wales |
1,902 |
52.58 |
Melrose |
28,552 |
52.54 |
Needham |
31,264 |
51.18 |
Halifax |
7,901 |
50.63 |
Bedford |
14,319 |
48.89 |
Westford |
24,649 |
48.68 |
Duxbury |
16,049 |
43.62 |
Milton |
27,642 |
43.41 |
West Newbury |
4,694 |
42.61 |
Wrentham |
11,952 |
41.83 |
Concord |
19,459 |
41.11 |
Weston |
12,264 |
40.77 |
Wellesley |
29,681 |
40.43 |
Hopedale |
5,984 |
33.42 |
Blackstone |
9,345 |
32.10 |
Lynnfield |
13,141 |
30.44 |
Dedham |
25,437 |
27.52 |
Winchester |
23,036 |
26.05 |
Hamilton |
8,088 |
24.73 |
Boxford |
8,355 |
23.94 |
Lexington |
34,050 |
23.49 |
Georgetown |
8,757 |
22.84 |
Andover |
36,324 |
19.27 |
Reading |
26,293 |
19.02 |
Carlisle |
5,289 |
18.91 |
Belmont |
26,700 |
18.73 |
Franklin |
33,156 |
15.08 |
Hanover |
14,521 |
13.77 |
Hopkinton |
18,516 |
10.80 |
Shrewsbury |
37,631 |
10.63 |
Norfolk |
11,872 |
8.42 |
Wayland |
14,088 |
7.10 |
Shelburne |
1,842 |
0.00 |
Princeton |
3,458 |
0.00 |
Northborough |
15,124 |
0.00 |
Millville |
3,260 |
0.00 |
Groveland |
6,833 |
0.00 |
Goshen |
1,067 |
0.00 |
Dover |
6,104 |
0.00 |
Chilmark |
923 |
0.00 |
Bolton |
5,335 |
0.00 |
Aquinnah |
329 |
0.00 |
Historical Violent Crime Rate per 100,000 Population
|
Year |
Chelsea |
MA |
US |
2018 |
676.04 |
338.11 |
380.56 |
2017 |
777.51 |
354.32 |
394.86 |
2016 |
922.79 |
380.66 |
397.52 |
2015 |
1,080.10 |
389.92 |
373.74 |
2014 |
1,112.10 |
395.09 |
361.55 |
2013 |
1,222.83 |
406.39 |
369.13 |
2012 |
1,851.75 |
407.01 |
387.75 |
2011 |
1,743.38 |
427.30 |
387.06 |
2010 |
1,660.64 |
468.88 |
404.50 |
2009 |
1,662.36 |
462.62 |
431.88 |
2008 |
1,732.22 |
463.79 |
458.61 |
2007 |
1,871.20 |
441.68 |
471.77 |
2004 |
1,725.66 |
460.23 |
463.16 |
2003 |
1,648.35 |
473.14 |
475.84 |
2002 |
0.00 |
484.86 |
494.38 |
2000 |
0.00 |
476.13 |
506.53 |
1999 |
0.00 |
550.96 |
522.95 |