Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Amesbury, MA Crime Grade
How Amesbury grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Massachusetts — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
3/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Amesbury, MA was 90.9 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 17,607). That puts Amesbury 72% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 70% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Amesbury #1,015 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 73% of them, and #49 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 45% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Amesbury, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 90.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,015 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #49 of 186
- Safer than
- 73% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 45%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 17,607
- Reporting agency
- Amesbury Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Amesbury Police Department (FBI ORI MA0050100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Amesbury, MA
Also known as
- Almsbury
- Salisbury
Location
On the Powwow River 3.6 mi ENE of Merrimacport; Town of Amesbury.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Amesbury (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Amesbury vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 112.3(20) | 138.9(24) | 163.2(28) | 164.6(29) | 90.9(16) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.2(2) | 11.6(2) | 35.0(6) | 28.4(5) | 11.4(2) |
| Robbery | 16.8(3) | 0.0(0) | 11.7(2) | 5.7(1) | 5.7(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 84.2(15) | 127.3(22) | 116.6(20) | 130.5(23) | 73.8(13) |
| Property crime | 314.4(56) | 764.1(132) | 705.1(121) | 505.2(89) | 545.2(96) |
| Burglary | 33.7(6) | 63.7(11) | 64.1(11) | 39.7(7) | 96.6(17) |
| Larceny | 258.3(46) | 659.9(114) | 553.6(95) | 448.4(79) | 443.0(78) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 22.5(4) | 28.9(5) | 69.9(12) | 17.0(3) | 5.7(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Amesbury, MA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Amesbury Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Amesbury calculated?
- Amesbury's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Massachusetts state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Massachusetts cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Amesbury Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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