Attleboro, MA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 37% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Attleboro, MA shows violent crime at 220.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,126.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 37% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
220.6/100K violent
1126.2/100K property
-37% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Attleboro, MA
Comparable rate records
Attleboro's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Attleboro's 220.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hardwick (221.0), Somerville (221.4), Aquinnah (219.3), Great Barrington (222.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Attleboro sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 220.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Attleboro ranks 93 of 317 — above 224 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +53.4% against the cohort median of 143.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 303.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 220.6 in 2024 (-27.2%). The highest observed value was 303.2 in 2020 and the lowest 220.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 16.4% of the 641 Part I offenses reported in Attleboro for 2024, against a median of 21.5% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 5.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Attleboro's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Attleboro's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 26.8 Census sq mi, Attleboro logged 20 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Attleboro's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (70% of 641 offenses; mix index 5,129).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (26.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-12.5%
252 → 220.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.1%
1125.5 → 1126.2/100K
Property offenses lead Attleboro's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
536
1126.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
448
941.3
-
Burglary
44
92.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
44
92.4
-
Arson
4
8.4
-
Violent Crime
105
220.6
352
Aggravated Assault
75
157.6
-
Robbery
21
44.1
-
Rape
8
16.8
-
Murder
1
2.1
-
Attleboro Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Attleboro property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Attleboro Police Department
Reporting agency for Attleboro NIBRS-participating
Attleboro Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Attleboro's 641 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Massachusetts
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In 2024, Attleboro reported 105 violent crimes and 536 property crimes, for a total of 641 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Attleboro?
From 2023 to 2024, Attleboro's violent crime rate decreased by 12.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.1%.
What is the most common crime in Attleboro?
The most common crime type in Attleboro is larceny-theft, accounting for 69.9% of all reported crimes (448 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Attleboro figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Attleboro, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.