Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Somerville, MA Crime Grade
How Somerville 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
5/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Somerville, MA was 221.4 per 100,000 residents (181 incidents over a population of 81,766). That puts Somerville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 29% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Somerville (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Somerville 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 | 187.6(153) | 185.1(152) | 252.6(200) | 246.5(196) | 221.4(181) |
| Murder | 1.2(1) | 3.7(3) | 1.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.2(14) | 19.5(16) | 16.4(13) | 16.3(13) | 15.9(13) |
| Robbery | 20.8(17) | 35.3(29) | 53.0(42) | 27.7(22) | 24.5(20) |
| Aggravated assault | 148.4(121) | 126.6(104) | 181.9(144) | 202.5(161) | 181.0(148) |
| Property crime | 1187.0(968) | 1128.8(927) | 1384.2(1,096) | 1423.7(1,132) | 1701.2(1,391) |
| Burglary | 144.7(118) | 142.5(117) | 166.7(132) | 215.1(171) | 289.9(237) |
| Larceny | 929.5(758) | 882.8(725) | 1084.9(859) | 1001.1(796) | 1279.3(1,046) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 110.4(90) | 98.6(81) | 131.3(104) | 206.3(164) | 129.6(106) |
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: Somerville'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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