Taunton, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Taunton, MA Summary

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

  • There were 793 total crimes committed in Taunton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,281.6 total crimes per 100K people in Taunton.
  • The overall crime rate in Taunton is -39.52% below the national average.
  • Taunton ranks #261 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Taunton ranks #5,413 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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Taunton Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Taunton is 1,281.6 per 100,000 people. That's -39.52% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -10.17% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Taunton
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 793 1,281.6 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.6 1.8 5.0
Robbery 17 27.5 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 247 399.2 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 277 447.7 314.7 359.0
Burglary 72 116.4 130.3 229.0
Larceny 391 631.9 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 53 85.7 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 516 834.0 1,112.1 1,760.0

Taunton 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 Taunton

277
Violent Crimes
447.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
24.70%
Above The National Average
  • There were 277 violent crimes in Taunton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Taunton is 447.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 223.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Taunton each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 24.70% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 42.26% higher than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Taunton

516
Property Crimes
834.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-52.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 516 property crimes in Taunton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Taunton is 834.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 119.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Taunton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -52.62% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -25.01% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Taunton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Fall River, MA 95,573 2,040 2,134.5 1,391.6 742.9
Southfield, MI 75,454 2,198 2,913.0 2,420.0 493.0
Attleboro, MA 47,594 641 1,346.8 1,126.2 220.6
Walpole, MA 26,268 249 947.9 814.7 133.2
Central Falls, RI 22,881 304 1,328.6 1,005.2 323.4
Foxborough, MA 18,793 169 899.3 617.3 282.0
Sharon, MA 18,754 52 277.3 239.9 37.3
Somerset, MA 18,524 133 718.0 566.8 151.2
Abington, MA 17,261 275 1,593.2 1,361.5 231.7

Taunton SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
5
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