Haverhill, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Haverhill, MA Summary

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

  • There were 916 total crimes committed in Haverhill in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,335.2 total crimes per 100K people in Haverhill.
  • The overall crime rate in Haverhill is -36.99% below the national average.
  • Haverhill ranks #265 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Haverhill ranks #5,567 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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Haverhill Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Haverhill is 1,335.2 per 100,000 people. That's -36.99% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -6.42% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Haverhill
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 916 1,335.2 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 9 13.1 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 266 387.7 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 282 411.1 314.7 359.0
Burglary 80 116.6 130.3 229.0
Larceny 523 762.4 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 31 45.2 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 634 924.2 1,112.1 1,760.0

Haverhill 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 Haverhill

282
Violent Crimes
411.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
14.50%
Above The National Average
  • There were 282 violent crimes in Haverhill in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Haverhill is 411.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 243.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Haverhill each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 14.50% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 30.62% higher than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Haverhill

634
Property Crimes
924.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-47.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 634 property crimes in Haverhill in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Haverhill is 924.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 108.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Haverhill each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -47.49% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.90% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Haverhill

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lawrence, MA 89,600 1,289 1,438.6 998.9 439.7
Peabody, MA 54,964 600 1,091.6 836.9 254.7
Beverly, MA 43,024 249 578.7 411.4 167.3
Andover, MA 37,152 324 872.1 777.9 94.2
Derry, NH 34,207 283 827.3 719.2 108.2
Wakefield, MA 28,594 167 584.0 409.2 174.9
Danvers, MA 28,375 459 1,617.6 1,480.2 137.4
Reading, MA 25,871 148 572.1 533.4 38.7
Wilmington, MA 23,535 277 1,177.0 1,011.3 165.7
Newburyport, MA 19,232 85 442.0 395.2 46.8

Haverhill SnackAbility

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