Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Scituate, MA Crime Grade
How Scituate 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 Scituate, MA was 50.8 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 19,677). That puts Scituate 84% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 83% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Scituate #516 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 86% of them, and #21 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 25% year over year and down 35% over the last five years.
Scituate, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 50.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #516 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #21 of 186
- Safer than
- 86% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 25%
- 5-year change
- down 35%
- Population
- 19,677
- Reporting agency
- Scituate Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Scituate Police Department (FBI ORI MA0122400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Scituate, MA
Also known as
- East Scituate
- Scituate Harbor
- Assanippi
- Sityate
- Scituate Harbour
- Satuit
Location
On Scituate Harbor 5.5 mi SE of Cohasset; Town of Scituate.
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. Scituate (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Scituate 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 | 77.9(15) | 72.2(14) | 67.3(13) | 40.5(8) | 50.8(10) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 10.4(2) | 10.3(2) | 31.1(6) | 0.0(0) | 5.1(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 67.5(13) | 61.9(12) | 36.2(7) | 35.5(7) | 45.7(9) |
| Property crime | 176.5(34) | 165.1(32) | 227.8(44) | 116.5(23) | 66.1(13) |
| Burglary | 57.1(11) | 36.1(7) | 36.2(7) | 30.4(6) | 5.1(1) |
| Larceny | 119.4(23) | 129.0(25) | 181.2(35) | 76.0(15) | 55.9(11) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.4(2) | 10.1(2) | 5.1(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Scituate, 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 Scituate 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 Scituate calculated?
- Scituate'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 Scituate 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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