This map shows a comparable measure of crime in the United States. The crime index compares the average local crime level to that of the United States as a whole. An index of 100 is average. A crime index of 120 indicates that crime in that area is 20 percent above the national average.The crime data is provided by Applied Geographic Solutions, Inc. (AGS). AGS created models using the FBI Uniform Crime Report databases as the primary data source and using an initial range of about 65 socio-economic characteristics taken from the 2000 Census and AGS’ current year estimates. The crimes included in the models include murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft. The total crime index incorporates all crimes and provides a useful measure of the relative “overall” crime rate in an area. However, these are unweighted indexes, meaning that a murder is weighted no more heavily than a purse snatching in the computations. The geography depicts states, counties, Census tracts and Census block groups. An urban/rural "mask" layer helps you identify crime patterns in rural and urban settings. The Census tracts and block groups help identify neighborhood-level variation in the crime data.------------------------The Civic Analytics Network collaborates on shared projects that advance the use of data visualization and predictive analytics in solving important urban problems related to economic opportunity, poverty reduction, and addressing the root causes of social problems of equity and opportunity. For more information see About the Civil Analytics Network.

Crime incident reports are provided by Boston Police Department (BPD) to document the initial details surrounding an incident to which BPD officers respond. This is a dataset containing records from the new crime incident report system, which includes a reduced set of fields focused on capturing the type of incident as well as when and where it occurred. Records in the new system begin in June of 2015.

The Analyze Boston Data Exports posted now are the updated incident data from the Mark43 RMS Database which launched in September of 2019 and is complete through present with the exclusion of data that falls under MGL ch.41 s.98f. The 2019 data that was originally posted contained combined exports from the Intergraph RMS and the Mark43 RMS during 2019 but the Extract/Transfer/Load process was not updated during the transition.

The Boston Police Department’s Homicide Investigation Unit investigates all homicides occurring within Boston Police jurisdiction. According to FBI standards, the annual homicide clearance rate is calculated using the total number of new homicides in a calendar year, and the total number of homicides that are cleared that calendar year – regardless of the year the homicide occurred within. The reason for this is that homicide investigations can span multiple calendar years. In addition, incidents that happened in previous years can be ruled a homicide years later and added to the current year’s total.

1. crim: Per capita crime rate by town.
2. zn: Proportion of large residential lots (over 25,000 sq. ft.).
3. indus: Proportion of non-retail business acres per town.
4. Chas: Binary variable indicating if the property is near Charles River (1 for yes, 0 for no).
5. nox: Concentration of nitrogen oxides in the air.
6. rm: Average number of rooms per dwelling.
7. age: Proportion of old owner-occupied units built before 1940.
8. dis: Weighted distances to Boston employment centers.
9. rad: Index of accessibility to radial highways.
10. tax: Property tax rate per $10,000.

These features provide valuable information about the characteristics of neighborhoods that can influence housing prices.

Boston 006b, Lincolnshire full crime rankings and individual crime statistics updated monthly. See how safe Boston 006b, Lincolnshire is as well as all recent crimes.

In 2023, the District of Columbia had the highest reported violent crime rate in the United States, with 1,150.9 violent crimes per 100,000 of the population. Maine had the lowest reported violent crime rate, with 102.5 offenses per 100,000 of the population. Life in the District The District of Columbia has seen a fluctuating population over the past few decades. Its population decreased throughout the 1990s, when its crime rate was at its peak, but has been steadily recovering since then. While unemployment in the District has also been falling, it still has had a high poverty rate in recent years. The gentrification of certain areas within Washington, D.C. over the past few years has made the contrast between rich and poor even greater and is also pushing crime out into the Maryland and Virginia suburbs around the District. Law enforcement in the U.S. Crime in the U.S. is trending downwards compared to years past, despite Americans feeling that crime is a problem in their country. In addition, the number of full-time law enforcement officers in the U.S. has increased recently, who, in keeping with the lower rate of crime, have also made fewer arrests than in years past.

Is Boston Metro, MA Safe? The B grade means the rate of crime is slightly lower than the average US metro area. Boston Metro is in the 69th percentile for safety, meaning 31% of metro areas are safer and 69% of metro areas are more dangerous. This analysis applies to the Boston metro area's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby metro areas.

The rate of crime in the Boston metro area is 19.92 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in the Boston metro area generally consider the southwest part of the metro area to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of crime in the Boston metro area may be as high as 1 in 32 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 92 in the southwest part of the metro area. See the section on interpreting the crime map, however, because comparing rates for crime or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem. It can help us answer?

Type of crime vs locations where the crime took place? If there is any change in criminal activities in past years? Which location is safe and which is unsafe? Interestingly one can peek - DO MORE BROKEN WINDOWS MEAN MORE CRIME?

Here is the theory:

Researchers theorized that graffiti, abandoned buildings, panhandling, and other signs of disorder in neighborhoods create an environment that leads people to commit more crime.

In the “broken windows theory,” as it has come to be known, such characteristics convey the message that these places aren’t monitored and crime will go unpunished. The theory has led police to crack down on minor crimes with the idea that this will prevent more serious crimes, and inspired research on how disorder affects people’s health.

Inspiration Is the crime incident related to the area in Boston? Is there any relationship between the region and the types of crime? Is there any specific time during a week, a month or a year will infect the crime?

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for Boston Police Department (City) in Massachusetts, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

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This dataset was created by Chayan Shrang Raj

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FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for Boston Police Department (City) in Georgia, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

Boston 007, Lincolnshire full crime rankings and individual crime statistics updated monthly. See how safe Boston 007, Lincolnshire is as well as all recent crimes.

Boston And Skegness, Lincolnshire full crime rankings and individual crime statistics updated monthly. See how safe Boston And Skegness, Lincolnshire is as well as all recent crimes.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for Boston University Police Department (University or College) in Massachusetts, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

Boston 001e, Lincolnshire full crime rankings and individual crime statistics updated monthly. See how safe Boston 001e, Lincolnshire is as well as all recent crimes.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for New Boston Police Department (City) in New Hampshire, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed. Researchers compiled datasets on prison admissions and releases that would be comparable across places and geocoded and mapped those data onto crime rates across those same places. The data used were panel data. The data were quarterly or annual data, depending on the location, from a mix of urban (Boston, Newark and Trenton) and rural communities in New Jersey covering various years between 2000 and 2010. The crime, release, and admission data were individual level data that were then aggregated from the individual incident level to the census tract level by quarter (in Boston and Newark) or year (in Trenton). The analyses centered on the effects of rates of prison removals and returns on rates of crime in communities (defined as census tracts) in the cities of Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey, and Trenton, New Jersey, and across rural municipalities in New Jersey. There are 4 Stata data files. The Boston data file has 6,862 cases, and 44 variables. The Newark data file has 1,440 cases, and 45 variables. The Trenton data file has 66 cases, and 32 variables. The New Jersey Rural data file has 1,170 cases, and 32 variables.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for New Boston Police Department (City) in Ohio, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (FBI NIBRS) crime data for University of Massachusetts: Harbor Campus, Boston (University or College) in Massachusetts, including incidents, statistics, demographics, and detailed incident information.

Crime Incident Reports provided by Boston Police Department

The Shootings dashboard contains information on shooting incidents where a victim was struck by a bullet, either fatally or non-fatally; that occurred in the City of Boston and fall under Boston Police Department jurisdiction. The dashboard does not contain records for self-inflicted gunshot wounds or shootings determined to be justifiable. Information on the incident, and the demographics of victims are included. This information is updated based on analysis conducted by the Boston Regional Intelligence Center under the Boston Police Department Bureau of Intelligence and Analysis. The data is for 2015 forward, with a 7 day rolling delay to allow for analysis and data entry to occur.