Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Reading, MA Crime Grade
How Reading 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
1/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Reading, MA was 38.7 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 25,871). That puts Reading Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 88% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Reading #342 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 91% of them, and #12 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 39% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Reading, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 38.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #342 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #12 of 186
- Safer than
- 91% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 39%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 25,871
- Reporting agency
- Reading Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Reading Police Department (FBI ORI MA0093600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Reading, MA
Also known as
- Lynn Village
Location
2 mi NW of Wakefield T. H.; Town of Reading.
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. Reading (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Reading 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 | 43.3(11) | 34.7(9) | 16.0(4) | 27.8(7) | 38.7(10) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 7.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.0(2) | 15.5(4) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 35.4(9) | 30.9(8) | 16.0(4) | 15.9(4) | 23.2(6) |
| Property crime | 428.8(109) | 474.9(123) | 587.6(147) | 485.4(122) | 533.4(138) |
| Burglary | 47.2(12) | 38.6(10) | 91.9(23) | 59.7(15) | 77.3(20) |
| Larceny | 338.4(86) | 417.0(108) | 491.6(123) | 409.8(103) | 436.8(113) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 43.3(11) | 11.6(3) | 4.0(1) | 15.9(4) | 19.3(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Reading, 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 Reading 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 Reading calculated?
- Reading'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 Reading 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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