Newburyport, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Newburyport, MA Summary

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

  • There were 85 total crimes committed in Newburyport in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 442.0 total crimes per 100K people in Newburyport.
  • The overall crime rate in Newburyport is -79.14% below the national average.
  • Newburyport ranks #118 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Newburyport ranks #1,937 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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Newburyport Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Newburyport is 442.0 per 100,000 people. That's -79.14% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -69.02% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Newburyport
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 85 442.0 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 26.0 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 9 46.8 314.7 359.0
Burglary 4 20.8 130.3 229.0
Larceny 67 348.4 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 26.0 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 76 395.2 1,112.1 1,760.0

Newburyport 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 Newburyport

9
Violent Crimes
46.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-86.96%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Newburyport in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Newburyport is 46.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,136.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Newburyport each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -86.96% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -85.13% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Newburyport

76
Property Crimes
395.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-77.55%
Below The National Average
  • There were 76 property crimes in Newburyport in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Newburyport is 395.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 253.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Newburyport each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -77.55% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -64.47% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Newburyport

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Haverhill, MA 68,602 916 1,335.2 924.2 411.1
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
Gloucester, MA 30,599 254 830.1 552.3 277.8
Danvers, MA 28,375 459 1,617.6 1,480.2 137.4
Portsmouth, NH 22,969 338 1,471.5 1,284.3 187.2
Hampton, NH 16,477 139 843.6 740.4 103.2
Exeter, NH 16,203 94 580.1 543.1 37.0
Newmarket, NH 9,490 41 432.0 379.3 52.7

Newburyport SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
4
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