Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hanover, MA Crime Grade
How Hanover 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
3/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hanover, MA was 94.2 per 100,000 residents (14 incidents over a population of 14,863). That puts Hanover 71% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 69% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Hanover #1,052 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 72% of them, and #53 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and up 179% over the last five years.
Hanover, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 94.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,052 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #53 of 186
- Safer than
- 72% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- up 179%
- Population
- 14,863
- Reporting agency
- Hanover Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hanover Police Department (FBI ORI MA0120800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hanover, MA
Also known as
- Four Corners
- Hanover Four Corners
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. Hanover (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hanover 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 | 33.8(5) | 180.1(27) | 54.1(8) | 106.6(16) | 94.2(14) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 13.5(2) | 20.0(3) | 6.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.5(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 6.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.3(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 20.3(3) | 153.4(23) | 47.3(7) | 93.3(14) | 80.7(12) |
| Property crime | 338.0(50) | 467.0(70) | 818.3(121) | 992.8(149) | 800.6(119) |
| Burglary | 47.3(7) | 33.4(5) | 40.6(6) | 53.3(8) | 53.8(8) |
| Larceny | 263.6(39) | 393.6(59) | 737.2(109) | 886.2(133) | 706.5(105) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 27.0(4) | 40.0(6) | 40.6(6) | 53.3(8) | 40.4(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hanover, 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 Hanover 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 Hanover calculated?
- Hanover'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 Hanover 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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