Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairhaven, MA Crime Grade
How Fairhaven 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
8/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairhaven, MA was 306.5 per 100,000 residents (49 incidents over a population of 15,986). That puts Fairhaven 6% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 1% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Fairhaven #2,670 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #148 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 98% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Fairhaven, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 306.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,670 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #148 of 186
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 98%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 15,986
- Reporting agency
- Fairhaven Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairhaven Police Department (FBI ORI MA0030700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairhaven, MA
History
So named from the beautiful harbor formed by the widening of the Acushnet River (Nason 1874).
Location
On the left bank of the Acushnet River 1.1 mi E of New Bedford C.H.; Town of Fairhaven.
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. Fairhaven (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairhaven 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 | 264.5(43) | 337.8(54) | 340.6(54) | 154.6(25) | 306.5(49) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 49.2(8) | 31.3(5) | 69.4(11) | 12.4(2) | 75.1(12) |
| Robbery | 24.6(4) | 18.8(3) | 6.3(1) | 12.4(2) | 18.8(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 190.7(31) | 287.7(46) | 264.9(42) | 129.9(21) | 212.7(34) |
| Property crime | 836.6(136) | 825.7(132) | 763.2(121) | 600.0(97) | 738.1(118) |
| Burglary | 43.1(7) | 93.8(15) | 50.5(8) | 12.4(2) | 62.6(10) |
| Larceny | 695.1(113) | 681.8(109) | 624.4(99) | 494.8(80) | 663.1(106) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 98.4(16) | 50.0(8) | 75.7(12) | 86.6(14) | 6.3(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairhaven, 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 Fairhaven 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 Fairhaven calculated?
- Fairhaven'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 Fairhaven 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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