Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lowell, MA Crime Grade
How Lowell 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
8/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lowell, MA was 409.8 per 100,000 residents (497 incidents over a population of 121,283). That puts Lowell Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 35% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lowell (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lowell 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 | 326.1(366) | 401.7(455) | 417.2(472) | 532.5(618) | 409.8(497) |
| Murder | 5.3(6) | 5.3(6) | 1.8(2) | 4.3(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.3(16) | 16.8(19) | 8.8(10) | 6.9(8) | 3.3(4) |
| Robbery | 53.5(60) | 63.6(72) | 50.4(57) | 56.9(66) | 62.7(76) |
| Aggravated assault | 253.1(284) | 316.0(358) | 356.2(403) | 464.4(539) | 343.8(417) |
| Property crime | 1353.5(1,519) | 1755.9(1,989) | 1769.7(2,002) | 1674.1(1,943) | 1185.7(1,438) |
| Burglary | 175.5(197) | 217.2(246) | 154.7(175) | 149.9(174) | 115.4(140) |
| Larceny | 1009.5(1,133) | 1357.7(1,538) | 1443.5(1,633) | 1309.6(1,520) | 903.7(1,096) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 165.7(186) | 173.9(197) | 161.8(183) | 203.3(236) | 161.6(196) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lowell's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Massachusetts cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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