Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Barnstable, MA Crime Grade
How Barnstable 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
9/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Barnstable, MA was 416.3 per 100,000 residents (212 incidents over a population of 50,928). That puts Barnstable Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 34% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Barnstable #3,080 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #164 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 1% year over year and down 3% over the last five years.
Barnstable, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 416.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,080 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #164 of 186
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 1%
- 5-year change
- down 3%
- Population
- 50,928
- Reporting agency
- Barnstable Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Barnstable Police Department (FBI ORI MA0010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Barnstable, MA
Also known as
- Barnstaple
Location
Incorporated town on Upper Cape Cod, 2.3 mi W of Yarmouth Port
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. Barnstable (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Barnstable 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 | 427.9(189) | 443.8(199) | 467.3(236) | 421.7(211) | 416.3(212) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 2.2(1) | 2.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.0(1) |
| Rape | 70.2(31) | 71.4(32) | 51.5(26) | 58.0(29) | 62.8(32) |
| Robbery | 27.2(12) | 24.5(11) | 21.8(11) | 16.0(8) | 17.7(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 330.5(146) | 345.7(155) | 392.1(198) | 347.8(174) | 333.8(170) |
| Property crime | 821.8(363) | 747.1(335) | 800.0(404) | 831.4(416) | 803.1(409) |
| Burglary | 117.7(52) | 145.0(65) | 126.7(64) | 121.9(61) | 133.5(68) |
| Larceny | 645.2(285) | 550.8(247) | 615.8(311) | 651.6(326) | 577.3(294) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 38.5(17) | 44.6(20) | 51.5(26) | 56.0(28) | 80.5(41) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Barnstable, 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 Barnstable 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 Barnstable calculated?
- Barnstable'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 Barnstable 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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