Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Quincy, MA Crime Grade
How Quincy 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
9/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Quincy, MA was 334.1 per 100,000 residents (346 incidents over a population of 103,550). That puts Quincy Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 8% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Quincy #2,779 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #154 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and up 4% over the last five years.
Quincy, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 334.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,779 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #154 of 186
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- up 4%
- Population
- 103,550
- Reporting agency
- Quincy Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Quincy Police Department (FBI ORI MA0112000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Quincy, MA
Also known as
- Braintree
- Brantree
- City Presidents
Location
7.9 mi SSE of Boston C.H.; City of Quincy.
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. Quincy (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Quincy 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 | 321.9(303) | 317.6(303) | 398.5(403) | 344.4(352) | 334.1(346) |
| Murder | 1.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.7(28) | 28.3(27) | 33.6(34) | 28.4(29) | 29.0(30) |
| Robbery | 39.3(37) | 26.2(25) | 31.6(32) | 31.3(32) | 24.1(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 251.8(237) | 263.1(251) | 331.3(335) | 284.7(291) | 281.0(291) |
| Property crime | 1222.9(1,151) | 1226.5(1,170) | 1100.6(1,113) | 1126.1(1,151) | 1333.7(1,381) |
| Burglary | 210.4(198) | 231.7(221) | 195.8(198) | 168.3(172) | 148.7(154) |
| Larceny | 914.8(861) | 844.9(806) | 806.9(816) | 866.8(886) | 1035.2(1,072) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 92.4(87) | 145.7(139) | 91.0(92) | 85.1(87) | 147.8(153) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Quincy, 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 Quincy 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 Quincy calculated?
- Quincy'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 Quincy 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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