Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Brookline, MA Crime Grade
How Brookline 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
3/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Brookline, MA was 102.9 per 100,000 residents (66 incidents over a population of 64,122). That puts Brookline Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Brookline (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Brookline 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 | 107.1(63) | 65.5(39) | 108.6(68) | 67.2(42) | 102.9(66) |
| Murder | 1.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 3.4(2) | 1.7(1) | 8.0(5) | 6.4(4) | 4.7(3) |
| Robbery | 23.8(14) | 23.5(14) | 17.6(11) | 16.0(10) | 17.2(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 78.2(46) | 40.3(24) | 83.0(52) | 44.8(28) | 81.1(52) |
| Property crime | 1178.4(693) | 964.1(574) | 921.2(577) | 856.2(535) | 907.6(582) |
| Burglary | 61.2(36) | 102.5(61) | 71.8(45) | 56.0(35) | 85.8(55) |
| Larceny | 1083.2(637) | 811.3(483) | 793.5(497) | 757.0(473) | 793.8(509) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 34.0(20) | 50.4(30) | 55.9(35) | 41.6(26) | 26.5(17) |
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: Brookline'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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