Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Ashland, MA Crime Grade
How Ashland 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
4/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Ashland, MA was 95.4 per 100,000 residents (18 incidents over a population of 18,861). That puts Ashland 74% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 69% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ashland (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ashland vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 106.5(19) | 77.1(14) | 103.4(19) | 98.1(18) | 95.4(18) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.2(2) | 5.5(1) | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 10.6(2) |
| Robbery | 11.2(2) | 11.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 84.1(15) | 60.6(11) | 98.0(18) | 98.1(18) | 79.5(15) |
| Property crime | 448.4(80) | 341.4(62) | 228.6(42) | 359.6(66) | 684.0(129) |
| Burglary | 78.5(14) | 55.1(10) | 21.8(4) | 98.1(18) | 270.4(51) |
| Larceny | 269.0(48) | 247.8(45) | 179.6(33) | 228.8(42) | 233.3(44) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 100.9(18) | 38.5(7) | 27.2(5) | 32.7(6) | 175.0(33) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Ashland's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Massachusetts cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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