Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Norton, MA Crime Grade
How Norton 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
4/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Norton, MA was 113.5 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 19,383). That puts Norton 65% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 63% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Norton #1,278 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 66% of them, and #66 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 29% year over year and down 12% over the last five years.
Norton, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 113.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,278 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #66 of 186
- Safer than
- 66% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 29%
- 5-year change
- down 12%
- Population
- 19,383
- Reporting agency
- Norton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Norton Police Department (FBI ORI MA0031300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Norton, MA
Also known as
- Norton Centre
Location
2.3 mi NW of Chartley and 4.8 mi SE of Mansfield; Town of Norton.
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. Norton (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Norton 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 | 128.5(26) | 108.4(21) | 109.8(21) | 159.1(31) | 113.5(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 19.8(4) | 0.0(0) | 15.7(3) | 41.1(8) | 5.2(1) |
| Robbery | 4.9(1) | 5.2(1) | 5.2(1) | 10.3(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 103.8(21) | 103.2(20) | 88.9(17) | 107.8(21) | 108.3(21) |
| Property crime | 123.6(25) | 149.7(29) | 104.6(20) | 77.0(15) | 98.0(19) |
| Burglary | 4.9(1) | 10.3(2) | 26.1(5) | 20.5(4) | 10.3(2) |
| Larceny | 113.7(23) | 98.1(19) | 57.5(11) | 41.1(8) | 72.2(14) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4.9(1) | 41.3(8) | 15.7(3) | 15.4(3) | 10.3(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Norton, 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 Norton 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 Norton calculated?
- Norton'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 Norton 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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