Somerset, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Somerset, MA Summary

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

  • There were 133 total crimes committed in Somerset in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 718.0 total crimes per 100K people in Somerset.
  • The overall crime rate in Somerset is -66.12% below the national average.
  • Somerset ranks #175 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Somerset ranks #3,242 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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Somerset Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Somerset is 718.0 per 100,000 people. That's -66.12% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -49.68% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Somerset
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 133 718.0 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 23 124.2 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 28 151.2 314.7 359.0
Burglary 15 81.0 130.3 229.0
Larceny 79 426.5 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 59.4 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 105 566.8 1,112.1 1,760.0

Somerset 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 Somerset

28
Violent Crimes
151.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-57.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Somerset in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Somerset is 151.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 661.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Somerset each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -57.90% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -51.97% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Somerset

105
Property Crimes
566.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-67.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 105 property crimes in Somerset in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Somerset is 566.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 176.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Somerset each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -67.79% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -49.03% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Somerset

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Providence, RI 193,679 3,747 1,934.6 1,657.9 276.7
New Bedford, MA 102,491 1,755 1,712.3 1,359.1 353.2
Fall River, MA 95,573 2,040 2,134.5 1,391.6 742.9
Warwick, RI 84,297 1,034 1,226.6 1,147.1 79.5
Pawtucket, RI 76,400 1,390 1,819.4 1,511.8 307.6
Taunton, MA 61,874 793 1,281.6 834.0 447.7
East Providence, RI 47,555 359 754.9 681.3 73.6
Central Falls, RI 22,881 304 1,328.6 1,005.2 323.4
Tiverton, RI 16,175 121 748.1 680.1 68.0

Somerset SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
8
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