Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rockland, MA Crime Grade
How Rockland 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
7/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Rockland, MA was 238.1 per 100,000 residents (42 incidents over a population of 17,643). That puts Rockland 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 22% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Rockland #2,311 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #128 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Rockland, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 238.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,311 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #128 of 186
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 17,643
- Reporting agency
- Rockland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rockland Police Department (FBI ORI MA0122300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rockland, MA
Also known as
- East Abington
Location
3.5 mi SE of South Weymouth; Town of Rockland.
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. Rockland (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rockland 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 | 247.8(45) | 296.9(53) | 238.7(42) | 263.1(47) | 238.1(42) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.7(1) |
| Rape | 44.1(8) | 11.2(2) | 22.7(4) | 44.8(8) | 45.3(8) |
| Robbery | 5.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 11.4(2) | 5.6(1) | 5.7(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 198.2(36) | 285.7(51) | 204.6(36) | 212.7(38) | 181.4(32) |
| Property crime | 220.3(40) | 369.8(66) | 397.9(70) | 414.3(74) | 283.4(50) |
| Burglary | 44.1(8) | 67.2(12) | 96.6(17) | 28.0(5) | 22.7(4) |
| Larceny | 143.2(26) | 257.7(46) | 198.9(35) | 274.3(49) | 181.4(32) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 27.5(5) | 44.8(8) | 102.3(18) | 112.0(20) | 79.4(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rockland, 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 Rockland 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 Rockland calculated?
- Rockland'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 Rockland 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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