Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Wellesley, MA Crime Grade
How Wellesley 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
1/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Wellesley, MA was 34.4 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 31,973). That puts Wellesley Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 89% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wellesley (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wellesley 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 | 35.0(10) | 17.3(5) | 60.8(19) | 25.7(8) | 34.4(11) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 21.0(6) | 3.5(1) | 16.0(5) | 6.4(2) | 9.4(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 14.0(4) | 13.8(4) | 41.6(13) | 19.3(6) | 25.0(8) |
| Property crime | 378.1(108) | 427.8(124) | 377.5(118) | 440.1(137) | 491.0(157) |
| Burglary | 66.5(19) | 48.3(14) | 48.0(15) | 41.8(13) | 65.7(21) |
| Larceny | 297.6(85) | 334.7(97) | 323.1(101) | 353.3(110) | 384.7(123) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 14.0(4) | 41.4(12) | 6.4(2) | 45.0(14) | 40.7(13) |
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: Wellesley'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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