Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Canton, MA Crime Grade
How Canton 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Canton, MA was 261.0 per 100,000 residents (66 incidents over a population of 25,290). That puts Canton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 14% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Canton #2,436 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #134 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 15% over the last five years.
Canton, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 261.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,436 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #134 of 186
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 15%
- Population
- 25,290
- Reporting agency
- Canton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Canton Police Department (FBI ORI MA0110500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Canton, MA
Also known as
- Dorchester Village
- South Canton
- Punkapoag
Location
On E-st Branch Neponset River 4 mi SE of Norwood T.H.; Town of Canton.
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. Canton (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Canton vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 306.3(75) | 401.7(99) | 387.1(96) | 289.9(73) | 261.0(66) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.7(8) | 28.4(7) | 8.1(2) | 7.9(2) | 7.9(2) |
| Robbery | 12.3(3) | 4.1(1) | 12.1(3) | 15.9(4) | 11.9(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 261.4(64) | 369.3(91) | 366.9(91) | 266.1(67) | 241.2(61) |
| Property crime | 575.9(141) | 698.0(172) | 681.4(169) | 548.0(138) | 545.7(138) |
| Burglary | 44.9(11) | 44.6(11) | 72.6(18) | 39.7(10) | 43.5(11) |
| Larceny | 490.2(120) | 588.4(145) | 540.3(134) | 444.8(112) | 435.0(110) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 40.8(10) | 56.8(14) | 56.4(14) | 55.6(14) | 67.2(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Canton, 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 Canton 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 Canton calculated?
- Canton'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 Canton 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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