Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fall River, MA Crime Grade
How Fall River 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
10/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fall River, MA was 795.7 per 100,000 residents (753 incidents over a population of 94,628). That puts Fall River Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 162% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Fall River #3,594 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #182 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 18% year over year and down 17% over the last five years.
Fall River, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 795.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,594 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #182 of 186
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 18%
- 5-year change
- down 17%
- Population
- 94,628
- Reporting agency
- Fall River Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fall River Police Department (FBI ORI MA0030800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fall River, MA
Also known as
- The Border City
- Pocasset
- Border City Village
Location
Located on the left bank of the Taunton River 5 miles south of Somerset; City of Fall River.
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. Fall River (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fall River 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 | 959.0(869) | 1003.8(947) | 908.6(853) | 671.7(642) | 795.7(753) |
| Murder | 3.3(3) | 2.1(2) | 4.3(4) | 3.1(3) | 3.2(3) |
| Rape | 60.7(55) | 53.0(50) | 65.0(61) | 61.7(59) | 74.0(70) |
| Robbery | 99.3(90) | 109.2(103) | 86.3(81) | 100.4(96) | 120.5(114) |
| Aggravated assault | 795.6(721) | 839.5(792) | 753.1(707) | 506.4(484) | 598.1(566) |
| Property crime | 1043.9(946) | 1242.3(1,172) | 1443.3(1,355) | 1457.5(1,393) | 1500.6(1,420) |
| Burglary | 377.4(342) | 407.0(384) | 210.9(198) | 223.9(214) | 182.8(173) |
| Larceny | 516.5(468) | 625.4(590) | 1027.9(965) | 1058.9(1,012) | 1158.2(1,096) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 135.7(123) | 201.4(190) | 187.5(176) | 159.0(152) | 146.9(139) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fall River, 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 Fall River 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 Fall River calculated?
- Fall River'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 Fall River 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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