Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Littleton, MA Crime Grade
How Littleton 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
2/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Littleton, MA was 66.3 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 10,561). That puts Littleton 80% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 78% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Littleton #721 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 81% of them, and #33 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 16% year over year and up 39% over the last five years.
Littleton, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 66.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #721 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #33 of 186
- Safer than
- 81% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 16%
- 5-year change
- up 39%
- Population
- 10,561
- Reporting agency
- Littleton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Littleton Police Department (FBI ORI MA0092500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Littleton, MA
Also known as
- Centre Village
- Littleton Center
- Nashobak
- Littleton Station
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. Littleton (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Littleton 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 | 47.7(5) | 39.4(4) | 39.3(4) | 57.2(6) | 66.3(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 19.1(2) | 9.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 19.1(2) | 18.9(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 9.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 19.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 28.6(3) | 19.7(2) | 39.3(4) | 19.1(2) | 47.3(5) |
| Property crime | 362.6(38) | 443.2(45) | 402.7(41) | 438.7(46) | 416.6(44) |
| Burglary | 19.1(2) | 29.5(3) | 39.3(4) | 19.1(2) | 18.9(2) |
| Larceny | 295.8(31) | 384.1(39) | 333.9(34) | 400.6(42) | 369.3(39) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 47.7(5) | 29.5(3) | 29.5(3) | 19.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Littleton, 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 Littleton 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 Littleton calculated?
- Littleton'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 Littleton 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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