Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Gardner, MA Crime Grade
How Gardner 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
9/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Gardner, MA was 328.8 per 100,000 residents (70 incidents over a population of 21,288). That puts Gardner 10% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 6% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Gardner #2,756 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 27% of them, and #152 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 24% year over year and down 27% over the last five years.
Gardner, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 328.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,756 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #152 of 186
- Safer than
- 27% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 24%
- 5-year change
- down 27%
- Population
- 21,288
- Reporting agency
- Gardner Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gardner Police Department (FBI ORI MA0141600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gardner, MA
Also known as
- West Gardner
- Gardner Centre
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. Gardner (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gardner 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 | 450.8(93) | 307.8(64) | 202.5(43) | 264.2(55) | 328.8(70) |
| Murder | 9.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 58.2(12) | 67.3(14) | 23.6(5) | 4.8(1) | 28.2(6) |
| Robbery | 19.4(4) | 33.7(7) | 9.4(2) | 9.6(2) | 4.7(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 363.6(75) | 206.8(43) | 169.6(36) | 245.0(51) | 295.9(63) |
| Property crime | 1250.7(258) | 985.8(205) | 866.7(184) | 773.4(161) | 629.5(134) |
| Burglary | 155.1(32) | 125.0(26) | 98.9(21) | 81.7(17) | 89.3(19) |
| Larceny | 1003.4(207) | 788.7(164) | 711.2(151) | 619.7(129) | 469.7(100) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 92.1(19) | 67.3(14) | 51.8(11) | 62.5(13) | 56.4(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gardner, 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 Gardner 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 Gardner calculated?
- Gardner'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 Gardner 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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