Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sandwich, MA Crime Grade
How Sandwich 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
5/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sandwich, MA was 146.2 per 100,000 residents (30 incidents over a population of 20,517). That puts Sandwich 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Sandwich #1,594 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #83 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Sandwich, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 146.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,594 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #83 of 186
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 20,517
- Reporting agency
- Sandwich Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sandwich Police Department (FBI ORI MA0011200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sandwich, MA
Also known as
- Aquetnet
Location
On Upper Cape Cod and on left bank of Dock Creek 2 mi SE of Sagamore; Town of Sandwich.
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. Sandwich (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sandwich 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 | 202.3(41) | 114.2(24) | 105.4(22) | 157.7(33) | 146.2(30) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 44.4(9) | 19.0(4) | 24.0(5) | 23.9(5) | 29.2(6) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) | 4.8(1) | 4.8(1) | 4.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 157.9(32) | 90.4(19) | 76.7(16) | 129.0(27) | 112.1(23) |
| Property crime | 350.3(71) | 385.5(81) | 503.1(105) | 320.1(67) | 263.2(54) |
| Burglary | 34.5(7) | 52.3(11) | 67.1(14) | 52.6(11) | 24.4(5) |
| Larceny | 276.3(56) | 318.9(67) | 421.7(88) | 248.4(52) | 229.1(47) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 34.5(7) | 14.3(3) | 14.4(3) | 14.3(3) | 9.7(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sandwich, 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 Sandwich 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 Sandwich calculated?
- Sandwich'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 Sandwich 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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