Danvers, MA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 61% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Danvers, MA shows violent crime at 137.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,480.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 61% 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
137.4/100K violent
1480.2/100K property
-61% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Danvers, MA
Comparable rate records
Danvers's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Danvers's 137.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are North Andover (138.6), Wellfleet (134.5), West Bridgewater (140.7), Dudley (141.0). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.5% of the 459 Part I offenses reported in Danvers for 2024, against a median of 21.5% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 13.0 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 189.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 137.4 in 2024 (-27.3%). The highest observed value was 193.6 in 2022 and the lowest 133.3 in 2023. 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 89.0% of reported property offenses in Danvers, against a cohort median of 78.1%. The remainder is burglary (16) and motor vehicle theft (30). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Danvers sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 137.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Danvers ranks 164 of 317 — above 153 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -5.3% against the cohort median of 145.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Danvers'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.
Danvers's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.3 Census sq mi, Danvers logged 31.6 property and 2.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Danvers's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (81% of 459 offenses; mix index 6,753).
Violent offenses are only 8% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.3 sq mi); 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
+27.2%
1163.7 → 1480.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+3.1%
133.3 → 137.4/100K
Property offenses lead Danvers's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MA
Property Crime
420
1480.2
1101.2
Larceny-Theft
374
1318.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
30
105.7
-
Burglary
16
56.4
-
Arson
2
7
-
Violent Crime
39
137.4
308.8
Aggravated Assault
35
123.3
-
Rape
4
14.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Danvers Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Danvers 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
Danvers Police Department
Reporting agency for Danvers NIBRS-participating
Danvers Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Danvers's 459 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, Danvers reported 39 violent crimes and 420 property crimes, for a total of 459 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Danvers?
From 2023 to 2024, Danvers's violent crime rate increased by 3.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 27.2%.
What is the most common crime in Danvers?
The most common crime type in Danvers is larceny-theft, accounting for 81.5% of all reported crimes (374 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Danvers 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 Danvers, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.