Reading, MA Crime Statistics For 2021

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Reading is 470.3 per 100,000 people. That's -81.01% lower than the national rate of 2,476.7 per 100,000 people and -68.80% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,507.4 per 100,000 people.

Note: Because the rates of crime are 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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• You have a 1 in 8,435.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Reading each year. That compares to a 1 in 305.3 chance statewide.
• The violent crime rate in Reading is 11.9 per 100,000 people.
• That's -96.77% lower than the national rate of 366.7 per 100,000 people.
• -96.38% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 327.6 per 100,000 people.

• You have a 1 in 218.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Reading each year. That compares to a 1 in 47.4 chance nationally.
• The property crime rate in Reading is 458.4 per 100,000 people.
• That's -78.27% lower than the national rate of 2,109.9 per 100,000 people.
• And -61.14% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,179.8 per 100,000 people.