Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Beverly, MA Crime Grade
How Beverly 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
6/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Beverly, MA was 167.3 per 100,000 residents (72 incidents over a population of 43,024). That puts Beverly Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 46% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Beverly #1,800 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #96 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 26% year over year and up 18% over the last five years.
Beverly, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,800 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #96 of 186
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 26%
- 5-year change
- up 18%
- Population
- 43,024
- Reporting agency
- Beverly Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Beverly Police Department (FBI ORI MA0050300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Beverly, MA
Also known as
- Bass River
Location
3 mi E of Danvers T.H.; City of Beverly.
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. Beverly (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Beverly 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 | 142.1(60) | 109.7(47) | 101.3(43) | 132.7(56) | 167.3(72) |
| Murder | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.2(6) | 14.0(6) | 11.8(5) | 16.6(7) | 18.6(8) |
| Robbery | 7.1(3) | 7.0(3) | 0.0(0) | 2.4(1) | 4.6(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 118.4(50) | 88.7(38) | 89.5(38) | 113.7(48) | 144.1(62) |
| Property crime | 386.0(163) | 485.4(208) | 485.4(206) | 545.0(230) | 411.4(177) |
| Burglary | 26.0(11) | 30.3(13) | 21.2(9) | 26.1(11) | 44.2(19) |
| Larceny | 338.6(143) | 415.4(178) | 435.9(185) | 462.0(195) | 320.8(138) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 21.3(9) | 35.0(15) | 28.3(12) | 56.9(24) | 46.5(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Beverly, 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 Beverly 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 Beverly calculated?
- Beverly'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 Beverly 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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