Gloucester, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gloucester, MA Summary

Crime in Gloucester research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gloucester 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 Gloucester:

  • There were 254 total crimes committed in Gloucester in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 830.1 total crimes per 100K people in Gloucester.
  • The overall crime rate in Gloucester is -60.83% below the national average.
  • Gloucester ranks #198 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Gloucester ranks #3,741 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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Gloucester Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gloucester is 830.1 per 100,000 people. That's -60.83% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -41.82% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gloucester
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 254 830.1 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 1 3.3 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 73 238.6 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 85 277.8 314.7 359.0
Burglary 30 98.0 130.3 229.0
Larceny 127 415.0 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 39.2 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 169 552.3 1,112.1 1,760.0

Gloucester 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 Gloucester

85
Violent Crimes
277.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 85 violent crimes in Gloucester in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gloucester is 277.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 360.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gloucester each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.62% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.73% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gloucester

169
Property Crimes
552.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-68.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 169 property crimes in Gloucester in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gloucester is 552.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 181.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gloucester each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -68.62% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -50.34% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gloucester

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Salem, MA 45,955 784 1,706.0 1,553.7 152.3
Beverly, MA 43,024 249 578.7 411.4 167.3
Danvers, MA 28,375 459 1,617.6 1,480.2 137.4
Marblehead, MA 20,645 149 721.7 576.4 145.3
Newburyport, MA 19,232 85 442.0 395.2 46.8
Swampscott, MA 15,907 184 1,156.7 1,075.0 81.7
Lynnfield, MA 13,298 127 955.0 857.3 97.8

Gloucester SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
6
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