Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Brockton, MA Crime Grade
How Brockton 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
10/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Brockton, MA was 599.2 per 100,000 residents (639 incidents over a population of 106,650). That puts Brockton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 93% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Brockton #3,420 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #178 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Brockton, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 599.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,420 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #178 of 186
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 106,650
- Reporting agency
- Brockton Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Brockton Police Department (FBI ORI MA0120300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Brockton, MA
Also known as
- North Bridgewater
Location
At the head of Salisbury Plain River 4 mi W of Whitman; City of Brockton.
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. Brockton (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brockton 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 | 796.0(758) | 699.9(676) | 672.1(712) | 665.5(698) | 599.2(639) |
| Murder | 4.2(4) | 8.3(8) | 7.6(8) | 6.7(7) | 7.5(8) |
| Rape | 66.2(63) | 66.3(64) | 73.6(78) | 79.1(83) | 63.8(68) |
| Robbery | 123.9(118) | 99.4(96) | 61.4(65) | 73.4(77) | 67.5(72) |
| Aggravated assault | 601.7(573) | 526.0(508) | 529.6(561) | 506.2(531) | 460.4(491) |
| Property crime | 1772.6(1,688) | 1745.6(1,686) | 1806.9(1,914) | 2073.6(2,175) | 1359.6(1,450) |
| Burglary | 212.1(202) | 166.7(161) | 272.8(289) | 370.9(389) | 233.5(249) |
| Larceny | 1137.2(1,083) | 1076.8(1,040) | 1058.3(1,121) | 1141.2(1,197) | 750.1(800) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 402.2(383) | 487.6(471) | 467.3(495) | 553.9(581) | 361.0(385) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Brockton, 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 Brockton 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 Brockton calculated?
- Brockton'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 Brockton 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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