Lawrence, MA Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Lawrence, MA

Lawrence, MA — reporting population 89,600 in 2024 — recorded 394 violent crimes and 895 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 439.7 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 998.9 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 312 incidents, robbery 47, murder 7, and rape 28 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (763), burglary (65), motor vehicle theft (67), and arson (1). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads Lawrence's mix at 59.2% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, Lawrence runs 523% above the US benchmark, and 42% above the Massachusetts statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 70 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 227 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.