Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Taunton, MA Crime Grade
How Taunton 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
9/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Taunton, MA was 362.1 per 100,000 residents (226 incidents over a population of 62,418). That puts Taunton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 19% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Taunton #2,893 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #158 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Taunton, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 362.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,893 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #158 of 186
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 62,418
- Reporting agency
- Taunton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Taunton Police Department (FBI ORI MA0031900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Taunton, MA
Also known as
- Taunton Green
Location
On the right bank of the Taunton River 2.6 mi SW of Rayham Center; City of Taunton.
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. Taunton (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Taunton 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 | 387.4(226) | 491.2(295) | 513.6(310) | 454.1(281) | 362.1(226) |
| Murder | 3.4(2) | 1.7(1) | 1.7(1) | 1.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 48.0(28) | 40.0(24) | 28.2(17) | 19.4(12) | 14.4(9) |
| Robbery | 32.6(19) | 28.3(17) | 26.5(16) | 27.5(17) | 14.4(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 303.4(177) | 421.2(253) | 457.3(276) | 405.7(251) | 333.2(208) |
| Property crime | 965.1(563) | 920.7(553) | 904.6(546) | 842.0(521) | 1026.9(641) |
| Burglary | 118.3(69) | 109.9(66) | 89.5(54) | 116.4(72) | 213.1(133) |
| Larceny | 694.3(405) | 677.6(407) | 709.1(428) | 636.8(394) | 704.9(440) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 150.9(88) | 128.2(77) | 97.8(59) | 88.9(55) | 105.7(66) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Taunton, 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 Taunton 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 Taunton calculated?
- Taunton'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 Taunton 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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