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n 2022, 322 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Massachusetts. This is 21 percent lower than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Massachusetts in 2022 was 15 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 52 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Massachusetts were not solved. This is 3 percentage points lower than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Boston
  • Population:  6,811,779
  • Area:  10,554 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  26th
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Featured Massachusetts Missing Cases

Gerald Peasha, Jr.

Missing: Apr 04, 2010
Gerald "Jerry" Peasha Jr., 44, was last seen on April 4, 2010, in Leominster, Massachusetts. At the ...Read More

Daniel Milstein

Missing: Feb 22, 2022
Daniel Milstein, age 33, was last seen on February 22, 2022, in Erving, Massachusetts. His disappear ...Read More

Diane Licciardello

Missing: Oct 12, 1971
Diane Licciardello, a 28-year-old woman from Melrose, Massachusetts, was last seen on the evening of ...Read More

William Rowan

Missing: Feb 01, 2017
William Rowan, a 51-year-old man, was last seen on February 1, 2017, in Boston, Massachusetts. Despi ...Read More

Edith LaRiviere

Missing: May 18, 1981
Edith LaRiviere, a 31-year-old mother of five, was last seen on May 18, 1981, in North Brookfield, M ...Read More

Jillian Woods

Missing: Jan 27, 2024
Jillian Ann Woods, a 32-year-old woman from Boston, Massachusetts, has been missing since January 27 ...Read More

Andrew Dabbs

Missing: Oct 10, 1981
Andrew Peter Dabbs, a 38-year-old man, has been wanted for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Rob ...Read More

Leigh Savoie

Missing: Apr 07, 1974
Leigh Frances Savoie, a 10-year-old boy from Revere, Massachusetts, disappeared on April 7, 1974. He ...Read More

Joaquim Prata

Missing: Oct 03, 2015
Joaquim "Jack" Prata, a 55-year-old man from Cranston, Rhode Island, disappeared under mysterious ci ...Read More

Mary Ann Waite

Missing: Jun 01, 1971
Mary Ann Waite, a 25-year-old woman from Brockton, Massachusetts, was last seen on June 1, 1971. On ...Read More
Featured Massachusetts Murder Cases

Joshua Marshall

Murdered: Apr 22, 2023
On Saturday, April 22, 2023, a double shooting incident occurred in the Hyde Park section of Boston, ...Read More

Kristen Lartey

Murdered: Aug 12, 2012
On August 12, 2012, Kristen Lartey, a 22-year-old college graduate from Hyde Park, Boston, was tragi ...Read More

Tiffany Lomax

Murdered: Jul 02, 2008
On July 2, 2008, 28-year-old Tiffany Lomax was tragically shot and killed while sitting in a car on ...Read More

Daniel Bunch

Murdered: Oct 08, 2011
On the night of October 8, 2011, Daniel Bunch, aged 22, was tragically shot to death at a Mobil gas ...Read More

Princess Ivon Charles

Murdered: Sep 09, 2023
Princess I'von Charles, born on October 16, 1993, in Boston, Massachusetts, passed away on September ...Read More

Curtis Effee

Murdered: Dec 30, 2023
On December 30, 2023, Curtis Effee, a 41-year-old man from Boston, was fatally shot outside an apart ...Read More

Shelson Jules

Murdered: May 22, 2023
On May 22, 2023, 22-year-old Shelson Jules, known to some as JJ, was fatally shot in Waltham, Massac ...Read More

Elizabeth Matos

Murdered: Mar 15, 2001
On March 15, 2001, Elizabeth Matos, a 16-year-old girl from Worcester, Massachusetts, was tragically ...Read More

Jhonny Lajoie

Murdered: May 04, 2024
On May 4, 2024, a homicide investigation was initiated in Taunton, Massachusetts, following the disc ...Read More

Gail Miles

Murdered: Dec 03, 2011
Gail Miles, a 60-year-old retired police officer, was found brutally murdered in her Roxbury home on ...Read More

Teena Kamal

Murdered: Dec 28, 2023
On December 28, 2023, Teena Kamal, 54, along with her husband Rakesh Kamal, 57, and their 18-year-ol ...Read More