Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Bedford, MA Crime Grade
How Bedford 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
1/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Bedford, MA was 13.6 per 100,000 residents (2 incidents over a population of 14,659). That puts Bedford 96% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 96% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bedford (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bedford 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 | 77.8(11) | 28.1(4) | 14.3(2) | 56.7(8) | 13.6(2) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 13.6(2) |
| Rape | 7.1(1) | 14.0(2) | 7.1(1) | 28.3(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 7.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 63.7(9) | 14.0(2) | 7.1(1) | 28.3(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 445.7(63) | 428.3(61) | 513.0(72) | 488.8(69) | 443.4(65) |
| Burglary | 84.9(12) | 70.2(10) | 71.3(10) | 42.5(6) | 40.9(6) |
| Larceny | 332.5(47) | 344.1(49) | 427.5(60) | 446.3(63) | 375.2(55) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 28.3(4) | 14.0(2) | 14.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 27.3(4) |
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: Bedford'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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