Nantucket, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Nantucket, MA Summary

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

  • There were 165 total crimes committed in Nantucket in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,115.7 total crimes per 100K people in Nantucket.
  • The overall crime rate in Nantucket is -47.35% below the national average.
  • Nantucket ranks #241 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Nantucket ranks #4,827 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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Nantucket Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Nantucket is 1,115.7 per 100,000 people. That's -47.35% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -21.80% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Nantucket
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 165 1,115.7 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 24 162.3 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 30 202.9 314.7 359.0
Burglary 11 74.4 130.3 229.0
Larceny 117 791.1 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 7 47.3 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 135 912.8 1,112.1 1,760.0

Nantucket 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 Nantucket

30
Violent Crimes
202.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 30 violent crimes in Nantucket in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Nantucket is 202.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 493.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Nantucket each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.54% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Nantucket

135
Property Crimes
912.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-48.13%
Below The National Average
  • There were 135 property crimes in Nantucket in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Nantucket is 912.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 109.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Nantucket each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -48.13% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -17.92% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Nantucket SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
10
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
10
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