Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Haverhill, MA Crime Grade
How Haverhill 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
9/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Haverhill, MA was 411.1 per 100,000 residents (282 incidents over a population of 68,602). That puts Haverhill Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 33% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Haverhill #3,058 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #162 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 13% over the last five years.
Haverhill, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 411.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,058 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #162 of 186
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 13%
- Population
- 68,602
- Reporting agency
- Haverhill Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Haverhill Police Department (FBI ORI MA0051100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Haverhill, MA
Also known as
- Pentuckett
- Pentucket
History
"Pentucket" was the original name of the area now occupied by the city of Haverhill (US-T121).
Location
7 mi NE of the City of Lawrence C.H.; City of Haverhill.
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. Haverhill (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Haverhill 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 | 474.9(304) | 579.0(376) | 579.0(390) | 510.9(343) | 411.1(282) |
| Murder | 3.1(2) | 1.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.2(11) | 29.3(19) | 4.5(3) | 11.9(8) | 10.2(7) |
| Robbery | 29.7(19) | 18.5(12) | 22.3(15) | 16.4(11) | 13.1(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 424.9(272) | 529.7(344) | 552.3(372) | 482.6(324) | 387.7(266) |
| Property crime | 1006.0(644) | 843.8(548) | 803.2(541) | 834.2(560) | 932.9(640) |
| Burglary | 224.9(144) | 195.6(127) | 92.0(62) | 98.3(66) | 116.6(80) |
| Larceny | 642.0(411) | 558.9(363) | 644.3(434) | 683.7(459) | 762.4(523) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 129.7(83) | 84.7(55) | 60.9(41) | 47.7(32) | 45.2(31) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Haverhill, 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 Haverhill 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 Haverhill calculated?
- Haverhill'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 Haverhill 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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