Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Dennis, MA Crime Grade
How Dennis 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
7/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Dennis, MA was 235.9 per 100,000 residents (36 incidents over a population of 15,263). That puts Dennis 35% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 24% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Dennis #2,291 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #126 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Dennis, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 235.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,291 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #126 of 186
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 15,263
- Reporting agency
- Dennis Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dennis Police Department (FBI ORI MA0010500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dennis, MA
Also known as
- Nobsquassitt
- Sawkattuckett
Location
On Upper Cape Cod 2.8 mi NE of Yarmouth; Town of Dennis.
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. Dennis (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dennis 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 | 370.6(51) | 458.1(64) | 348.7(53) | 264.6(40) | 235.9(36) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 58.1(8) | 114.5(16) | 52.6(8) | 33.1(5) | 19.7(3) |
| Robbery | 7.3(1) | 7.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 305.2(42) | 336.4(47) | 296.1(45) | 224.9(34) | 216.2(33) |
| Property crime | 1199.1(165) | 1238.3(173) | 1059.2(161) | 932.7(141) | 786.2(120) |
| Burglary | 261.6(36) | 307.8(43) | 151.3(23) | 244.8(37) | 176.9(27) |
| Larceny | 864.8(119) | 901.9(126) | 875.0(133) | 628.4(95) | 550.4(84) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 58.1(8) | 21.5(3) | 19.7(3) | 46.3(7) | 39.3(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dennis, 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 Dennis 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 Dennis calculated?
- Dennis'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 Dennis 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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