Beverly, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Beverly, MA Summary

Crime in Beverly research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Beverly over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Beverly:

  • There were 249 total crimes committed in Beverly in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 578.7 total crimes per 100K people in Beverly.
  • The overall crime rate in Beverly is -72.69% below the national average.
  • Beverly ranks #146 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Beverly ranks #2,586 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Beverly Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Beverly is 578.7 per 100,000 people. That's -72.69% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -59.44% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Beverly
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 249 578.7 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 2 4.6 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 62 144.1 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 72 167.3 314.7 359.0
Burglary 19 44.2 130.3 229.0
Larceny 138 320.8 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 20 46.5 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 177 411.4 1,112.1 1,760.0

Beverly Crime Compared To Massachusetts Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Massachusetts.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Beverly

72
Violent Crimes
167.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 72 violent crimes in Beverly in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Beverly is 167.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 597.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Beverly each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.38% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.82% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Beverly

177
Property Crimes
411.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-76.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 177 property crimes in Beverly in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Beverly is 411.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 243.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Beverly each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -76.63% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.01% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Beverly

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cambridge, MA 120,447 3,711 3,081.0 2,644.3 436.7
Lynn, MA 103,200 1,801 1,745.2 1,170.5 574.6
Peabody, MA 54,964 600 1,091.6 836.9 254.7
Arlington, MA 46,956 230 489.8 434.4 55.4
Salem, MA 45,955 784 1,706.0 1,553.7 152.3
Andover, MA 37,152 324 872.1 777.9 94.2
Gloucester, MA 30,599 254 830.1 552.3 277.8
Melrose, MA 29,784 158 530.5 429.8 100.7
Danvers, MA 28,375 459 1,617.6 1,480.2 137.4
Reading, MA 25,871 148 572.1 533.4 38.7

Beverly SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
8.5
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
5
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