Somerville, MA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Somerville, MA Summary

Crime in Somerville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Somerville over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Somerville:

  • There were 1,295 total crimes committed in Somerville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,635.6 total crimes per 100K people in Somerville.
  • The overall crime rate in Somerville is -29.63% below the national average.
  • Somerville ranks #279 safest out of 312 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Somerville ranks #5,704 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Somerville Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Somerville is 1,635.6 per 100,000 people. That's -29.63% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 20.09% higher than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,362.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Somerville
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,295 1,635.6 1,362.0 2,324.2
Murder 1 1.3 2.3 6.3
Robbery 42 53.0 43.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 144 181.9 235.9 268.2
Violent Crime 200 252.6 308.8 369.8
Burglary 132 166.7 149.7 269.8
Larceny 859 1,084.9 804.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 104 131.3 99.2 282.7
Property Crime 1,095 1,383.0 1,053.2 1,954.4

Somerville Crime Compared To Massachusetts Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Massachusetts.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Somerville

200
Violent Crimes
252.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.69%
Below The National Average
  • There were 200 violent crimes in Somerville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Somerville is 252.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 395.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Somerville each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.69% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -18.20% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Somerville

1,095
Property Crimes
1,383.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-29.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,095 property crimes in Somerville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Somerville is 1,383.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 72.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Somerville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -29.24% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 31.31% higher than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,053.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Somerville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cambridge, MA 117,044 3,097 2,646.0 2,240.2 405.8
Newton, MA 86,710 624 719.6 655.1 64.6
Malden, MA 64,356 953 1,480.8 1,247.7 233.1
Medford, MA 64,122 717 1,118.2 943.5 174.7
Brookline, MA 62,825 629 1,001.2 896.1 105.1
Everett, MA 48,340 823 1,702.5 1,352.9 349.6
Arlington, MA 45,238 296 654.3 594.6 59.7
Chelsea, MA 37,590 980 2,607.1 1,803.7 803.4
Lexington, MA 33,889 112 330.5 286.2 44.3
Needham, MA 32,228 193 598.9 518.2 80.7

Somerville SnackAbility

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