Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Seekonk, MA Crime Grade
How Seekonk 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
6/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Seekonk, MA was 205.2 per 100,000 residents (33 incidents over a population of 16,083). That puts Seekonk 44% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 34% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Seekonk #2,081 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #106 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and up 17% over the last five years.
Seekonk, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 205.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,081 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #106 of 186
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- up 17%
- Population
- 16,083
- Reporting agency
- Seekonk Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Seekonk Police Department (FBI ORI MA0031600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Seekonk, MA
Also known as
- Wauchimoquit
- Seconet
- Seacunk
- Secunke
- Seconnet
History
Indian word meaning "black goose" or "wild goose" (Steel 1912-22). This was the site of the original settlement in Rehoboth (Barber 1839).
Location
On the left bank of the Runnins River 1 mi E of Leonard Corner; Town of Seekonk.
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. Seekonk (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Seekonk 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 | 175.8(28) | 222.1(36) | 248.5(39) | 266.5(42) | 205.2(33) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 12.6(2) | 49.3(8) | 12.7(2) | 31.7(5) | 31.1(5) |
| Robbery | 12.6(2) | 18.5(3) | 63.7(10) | 31.7(5) | 6.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 150.7(24) | 148.0(24) | 172.1(27) | 203.1(32) | 167.9(27) |
| Property crime | 1871.0(298) | 1585.2(257) | 1918.2(301) | 1834.1(289) | 1653.9(266) |
| Burglary | 207.2(33) | 271.4(44) | 127.5(20) | 133.3(21) | 87.0(14) |
| Larceny | 1532.0(244) | 1202.8(195) | 1612.3(253) | 1542.2(243) | 1467.4(236) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 131.9(21) | 104.9(17) | 178.4(28) | 158.7(25) | 99.5(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Seekonk, 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 Seekonk 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 Seekonk calculated?
- Seekonk'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 Seekonk 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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