Decision-support ranking comparing Massachusetts cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holyoke Violent Crime has increased 15% since 2021. |
9.9 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Chelsea Violent Crime has increased 28% since 2021. |
9.2 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Springfield Violent Crime has declined 6% since 2021. |
8.3 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Fall River Violent Crime has declined 15% since 2021. |
7.6 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Greenfield Violent Crime has increased 67% since 2021. |
6.7 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Brockton Violent Crime has declined 14% since 2021. |
6.1 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Webster Violent Crime has declined 18% since 2021. |
5.9 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Boston Violent Crime has increased 12% since 2021. |
5.8 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Lynn Violent Crime has increased 19% since 2021. |
5.6 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Chicopee Violent Crime has increased 13% since 2021. |
5.2 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Fitchburg Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
4.9 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Lowell Violent Crime has increased 66% since 2021. |
4.8 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Pittsfield Violent Crime has declined 24% since 2021. |
4.8 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Leominster Violent Crime has increased 21% since 2021. |
4.6 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Cambridge Violent Crime has increased 43% since 2021. |
4.3 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Marlborough Violent Crime has increased 16% since 2021. |
4.3 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Revere Violent Crime has increased 40% since 2021. |
4.2 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Lawrence Violent Crime has declined 2% since 2021. |
4.1 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Northampton Violent Crime has increased 5% since 2021. |
4.1 / 1k | → |
| 20 | West Springfield Violent Crime has declined 27% since 2021. |
4.0 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Taunton Violent Crime has increased 3% since 2021. |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Palmer Violent Crime has increased 37% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Haverhill Violent Crime has declined 33% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Barnstable Violent Crime has declined 21% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Southbridge Violent Crime has increased 50% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Massachusetts cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.