Braintree, MA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Braintree, MA shows violent crime at 284.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,120 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% 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
284.5/100K violent
1120/100K property
-19% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Braintree, MA
Comparable rate records
Braintree's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Braintree's 284.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Falmouth (283.4), Milford (285.7), Foxborough (282.0), Agawam (287.0). 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
Braintree reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Massachusetts cities
At 284.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Braintree ranks 61 of 317 — above 256 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +97.8% 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 245.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 284.5 in 2024 (+16.0%). The highest observed value was 317.3 in 2023 and the lowest 176.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 86.7% of reported property offenses in Braintree, against a cohort median of 78.1%. The remainder is burglary (23) and motor vehicle theft (35). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Braintree'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.
Braintree's 2024 municipal footprint
Braintree's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 548 offenses; mix index 5,104).
Violent offenses are 20% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-22.7%
1448.7 → 1120/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-10.3%
317.3 → 284.5/100K
Property offenses lead Braintree's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
437
1120
1711
Larceny-Theft
379
971.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
35
89.7
-
Burglary
23
58.9
-
Arson
1
2.6
-
Violent Crime
111
284.5
352
Aggravated Assault
87
223
-
Rape
15
38.4
-
Robbery
9
23.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Braintree Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Braintree property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Braintree Police Department
Reporting agency for Braintree NIBRS-participating
Braintree Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Braintree's 548 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, Braintree reported 111 violent crimes and 437 property crimes, for a total of 548 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Braintree?
From 2023 to 2024, Braintree's violent crime rate decreased by 10.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.7%.
What is the most common crime in Braintree?
The most common crime type in Braintree is larceny-theft, accounting for 69.2% of all reported crimes (379 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Braintree 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 Braintree, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.