Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Bedford, MA Crime Grade
How New Bedford 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 2025, the violent crime rate in New Bedford, MA was 343.1 per 100,000 residents (347 incidents over a population of 101,139). That puts New Bedford Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 13% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Bedford (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Bedford 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 | 639.4(616) | 626.2(635) | 505.6(510) | 354.2(363) | 343.1(347) |
| Murder | 4.2(4) | 3.9(4) | 4.0(4) | 6.8(7) | 4.0(4) |
| Rape | 54.0(52) | 48.3(49) | 55.5(56) | 42.9(44) | 51.4(52) |
| Robbery | 87.2(84) | 109.5(111) | 98.1(99) | 78.1(80) | 67.2(68) |
| Aggravated assault | 494.1(476) | 464.5(471) | 348.0(351) | 226.4(232) | 220.5(223) |
| Property crime | 1723.0(1,660) | 1572.9(1,595) | 1558.3(1,572) | 1367.9(1,402) | 1555.3(1,573) |
| Burglary | 264.7(255) | 195.3(198) | 254.8(257) | 184.4(189) | 194.8(197) |
| Larceny | 1273.5(1,227) | 1180.5(1,197) | 963.6(972) | 931.8(955) | 1094.5(1,107) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 174.4(168) | 184.4(187) | 334.1(337) | 244.9(251) | 256.1(259) |
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: New Bedford'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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