Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Gloucester, MA Crime Grade
How Gloucester 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
8/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Gloucester, MA was 277.8 per 100,000 residents (85 incidents over a population of 30,599). That puts Gloucester Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 10% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Gloucester #2,525 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #138 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 8% year over year and up 17% over the last five years.
Gloucester, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 277.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,525 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #138 of 186
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 8%
- 5-year change
- up 17%
- Population
- 30,599
- Reporting agency
- Gloucester Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gloucester Police Department (FBI ORI MA0050800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gloucester, MA
Also known as
- Wonasquam
- The Harbor
- Glocester
- Gloucester Harbor
- Wingaersheek
Location
At the head of Gloucester Harbor 3.5 mi SSW of Rockport; City of Gloucester.
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. Gloucester (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gloucester 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 | 236.5(72) | 164.7(51) | 240.9(73) | 256.7(77) | 277.8(85) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 36.1(11) | 12.9(4) | 46.2(14) | 36.7(11) | 35.9(11) |
| Robbery | 13.1(4) | 6.5(2) | 16.5(5) | 3.3(1) | 3.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 187.2(57) | 145.3(45) | 178.2(54) | 216.7(65) | 238.6(73) |
| Property crime | 318.6(97) | 591.0(183) | 564.3(171) | 526.8(158) | 552.3(169) |
| Burglary | 36.1(11) | 71.1(22) | 95.7(29) | 73.4(22) | 98.0(30) |
| Larceny | 249.6(76) | 448.9(139) | 405.9(123) | 406.8(122) | 415.0(127) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 29.6(9) | 67.8(21) | 49.5(15) | 36.7(11) | 39.2(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gloucester, 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester calculated?
- Gloucester'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 Gloucester 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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