Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Salem, MA Crime Grade
How Salem 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
2/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Salem, MA was 69.5 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 46,067). That puts Salem Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 77% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Salem (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salem 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 | 226.7(100) | 180.8(82) | 191.1(86) | 152.3(70) | 69.5(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 4.3(2) |
| Rape | 15.9(7) | 22.1(10) | 11.1(5) | 13.1(6) | 2.2(1) |
| Robbery | 34.0(15) | 24.3(11) | 22.2(10) | 34.8(16) | 10.9(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 176.8(78) | 134.5(61) | 153.3(69) | 104.5(48) | 52.1(24) |
| Property crime | 1335.0(589) | 1197.5(543) | 1559.8(702) | 1555.9(715) | 1263.4(582) |
| Burglary | 151.9(67) | 125.7(57) | 111.1(50) | 106.6(49) | 76.0(35) |
| Larceny | 1092.5(482) | 994.6(451) | 1326.5(597) | 1349.1(620) | 1098.4(506) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 90.7(40) | 61.7(28) | 117.8(53) | 100.1(46) | 84.7(39) |
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: Salem'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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