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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

Jia Lin

Missing: Dec 14, 2004
Jia Lin, a 21-year-old man from Newton, Massachusetts, went missing on December 14, 2004. Lin was la ...Read More

Steven Boudreau

Missing: Apr 23, 2023
Steven Boudreau, a 33-year-old father, was last seen in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on the evening of Ap ...Read More

Stephen Queen

Missing: Mar 23, 1998
Stephen Queen, a 55-year-old man from Hyannis, Massachusetts, was last seen on March 23, 1998. Detai ...Read More

Kristopher Lewis

Missing: Feb 04, 2014
Kristopher Bryan Lewis, a 13-year-old boy from Dorchester, Massachusetts, was last seen on February ...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

PAUL SAULNIER

Missing: Oct 23, 2021
Paul Saulnier, a 65-year-old man from Wakefield, Massachusetts, was reported missing on October 23, ...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

Thanit Sheetz-Marti

Missing: Jan 03, 2010
Thanit Sheetz-Marti, a 3-year-old girl, was last seen on January 3, 2010, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Sh ...Read More

Oscar Diaz

Missing: Jan 01, 2019
Oscar Diaz, a 52-year-old captain of the fishing vessel *Mistress*, went missing on January 1, 2019. ...Read More

Melvin Lazo-Martinez

Missing: Jun 08, 2013
Melvin Lazo-Martinez, a 17-year-old from Worcester, Massachusetts, went missing on June 8, 2013. At ...Read More
Featured Massachusetts Murder Cases

Darrion Carrington

Murdered: Jan 07, 2008
Darrion Carrington, an 18-year-old Boston resident, was shot and killed on the night of January 7, 2 ...Read More

Clifton Townsend

Murdered: Apr 17, 2013
Clifton Townsend, a 22-year-old from Boston, was fatally shot on April 17, 2013, in the city’s Rox ...Read More

Carlos Montalvo

Murdered: Sep 24, 2017
On September 24, 2017, Carlos Montalvo, age 33, was fatally shot in the Newmarket Square area of Bos ...Read More

Julienne Corrao

Murdered: Dec 23, 2009
On December 23, 2009, the body of 39-year-old Julienne Corrao was discovered in a large cloth bag in ...Read More

Theresa Corley

Murdered: Dec 08, 1978
Theresa Corley, a 19-year-old from Bellingham, Massachusetts, was tragically murdered in December 19 ...Read More

Jordan A Miller

Murdered: Jun 05, 2013
On June 5, 2013, 20-year-old Jordan A. Miller was shot and killed at 633 Cummins Highway in the Matt ...Read More

Tahitia Milton

Murdered: Oct 23, 2010
On October 23, 2010, 39-year-old Tahitia Milton was tragically shot and killed in a convenience stor ...Read More

Jose Montero

Murdered: Dec 06, 2017
On December 6, 2017, 19-year-old Jose Montero was shot and killed in a tragic incident near Tremont ...Read More

Luis Fernando Orellana-Ruano

Murdered: Dec 24, 2016
On December 24, 2016, 18-year-old Luis Fernando Orellana-Ruano was brutally murdered in East Boston ...Read More

Andrew Reid

Murdered: Aug 12, 2015
On August 12, 2015, Andrew Reid, a 28-year-old man, was one of two people killed in a tragic shootin ...Read More

Angel Oller

Murdered: Aug 12, 2015
On August 12, 2015, 20-year-old Angel Oller was fatally shot in a tragic incident in Egleston Square ...Read More