Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Carver, MA Crime Grade
How Carver 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
4/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Carver, MA was 100.8 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 11,910). That puts Carver 72% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 67% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Carver #1,141 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 70% of them, and #60 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 22% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Carver, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 100.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,141 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #60 of 186
- Safer than
- 70% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 22%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 11,910
- Reporting agency
- Carver Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Carver Police Department (FBI ORI MA0120400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Carver, MA
Also known as
- Carver Centre
- Mohootset
Location
On South Meadow Brook 2 mi S of Wenham; Town of Carver.
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. Carver (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Carver 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 | 119.5(14) | 92.7(11) | 153.1(18) | 128.6(15) | 100.8(12) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.1(2) | 25.3(3) | 17.0(2) | 34.3(4) | 8.4(1) |
| Robbery | 17.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 8.5(1) | 8.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 85.4(10) | 67.4(8) | 127.6(15) | 85.7(10) | 92.4(11) |
| Property crime | 537.9(63) | 531.0(63) | 365.8(43) | 445.7(52) | 545.8(65) |
| Burglary | 111.0(13) | 75.9(9) | 25.5(3) | 42.9(5) | 67.2(8) |
| Larceny | 367.1(43) | 429.9(51) | 289.3(34) | 360.0(42) | 470.2(56) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 51.2(6) | 25.3(3) | 25.5(3) | 42.9(5) | 8.4(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Carver, 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 Carver 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 Carver calculated?
- Carver'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 Carver 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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