Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Bourne, MA Crime Grade
How Bourne 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
8/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Bourne, MA was 274.6 per 100,000 residents (58 incidents over a population of 21,124). That puts Bourne 25% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 11% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Bourne #2,513 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #137 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 8% year over year and up 26% over the last five years.
Bourne, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 274.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,513 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #137 of 186
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 8%
- 5-year change
- up 26%
- Population
- 21,124
- Reporting agency
- Bourne Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bourne Police Department (FBI ORI MA0010200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bourne, MA
Also known as
- Mananiet
Location
On E bank of Cape Cod Canal, 1.8 mi NNE of Monument Beach; Town of Bourne.
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. Bourne (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bourne 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 | 218.8(43) | 231.1(46) | 208.3(44) | 253.8(53) | 274.6(58) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 35.6(7) | 30.1(6) | 28.4(6) | 62.2(13) | 52.1(11) |
| Robbery | 10.2(2) | 10.0(2) | 4.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 173.0(34) | 190.9(38) | 175.1(37) | 191.5(40) | 222.5(47) |
| Property crime | 997.1(196) | 884.2(176) | 653.2(138) | 866.7(181) | 979.9(207) |
| Burglary | 234.0(46) | 221.1(44) | 113.6(24) | 225.0(47) | 203.6(43) |
| Larceny | 717.3(141) | 567.7(113) | 497.0(105) | 574.6(120) | 719.6(152) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 40.7(8) | 95.5(19) | 37.9(8) | 57.5(12) | 47.3(10) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bourne, 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 Bourne 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 Bourne calculated?
- Bourne'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 Bourne 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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