Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Dracut, MA Crime Grade
How Dracut 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
5/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Dracut, MA was 149.3 per 100,000 residents (49 incidents over a population of 32,821). That puts Dracut Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 52% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Dracut #1,618 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 57% of them, and #86 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 41% year over year and up 31% over the last five years.
Dracut, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 149.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,618 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #86 of 186
- Safer than
- 57% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 41%
- 5-year change
- up 31%
- Population
- 32,821
- Reporting agency
- Dracut Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dracut Police Department (FBI ORI MA0091500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dracut, MA
Also known as
- Drakut
- Dracut Centre
Location
1.6 mi NNE of Lowell C.H.; Town of Dracut.
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. Dracut (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dracut 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 | 113.5(36) | 181.9(58) | 166.1(53) | 253.5(81) | 149.3(49) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 3.2(1) | 18.8(6) | 31.3(10) | 9.4(3) | 15.2(5) |
| Robbery | 12.6(4) | 9.4(3) | 9.4(3) | 15.6(5) | 3.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 97.8(31) | 153.7(49) | 125.4(40) | 228.5(73) | 131.0(43) |
| Property crime | 864.1(274) | 461.1(147) | 598.6(191) | 738.6(236) | 658.1(216) |
| Burglary | 72.5(23) | 69.0(22) | 65.8(21) | 100.2(32) | 112.7(37) |
| Larceny | 678.1(215) | 357.6(114) | 482.6(154) | 560.2(179) | 505.8(166) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 107.2(34) | 22.0(7) | 37.6(12) | 75.1(24) | 36.6(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dracut, 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 Dracut 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 Dracut calculated?
- Dracut'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 Dracut 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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