Gardner, MA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Gardner, MA Summary

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

  • There were 224 total crimes committed in Gardner the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,055.1 total crimes per 100K people in Gardner.
  • The overall crime rate in Gardner is -54.61% below the national average.
  • Gardner ranks #225 safest out of 312 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Gardner ranks #3,931 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Gardner Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gardner is 1,055.1 per 100,000 people. That's -54.61% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -22.54% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,362.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gardner
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 224 1,055.1 1,362.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 6.3
Robbery 2 9.4 43.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 36 169.6 235.9 268.2
Violent Crime 43 202.5 308.8 369.8
Burglary 21 98.9 149.7 269.8
Larceny 149 701.8 804.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 11 51.8 99.2 282.7
Property Crime 181 852.5 1,053.2 1,954.4

Gardner Crime Compared To Massachusetts Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Massachusetts.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Gardner

43
Violent Crimes
202.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-45.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 43 violent crimes in Gardner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gardner is 202.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 493.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gardner each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -45.23% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -34.41% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gardner

181
Property Crimes
852.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-56.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 181 property crimes in Gardner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gardner is 852.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 117.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gardner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -56.38% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -19.05% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,053.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gardner

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Newton, MA 86,710 624 719.6 655.1 64.6
Leominster, MA 43,690 810 1,854.0 1,426.0 428.0
Fitchburg, MA 41,791 495 1,184.5 739.4 445.1
Lexington, MA 33,889 112 330.5 286.2 44.3
Needham, MA 32,228 193 598.9 518.2 80.7
Wellesley, MA 31,354 137 436.9 376.3 60.6
Reading, MA 25,018 151 603.6 587.6 16.0
Winchester, MA 22,496 70 311.2 271.2 40.0
Athol, MA 11,938 162 1,357.0 779.0 578.0
Lunenburg, MA 11,903 95 798.1 630.1 168.0

Gardner SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
5
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