Leominster, MA is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 38% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Leominster, MA shows violent crime at 484.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,315.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 38% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
484.2/100K violent
1315.1/100K property
+38% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Leominster, MA
Position in the state cohort
Leominster reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Massachusetts cities
At 484.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Leominster ranks 17 of 317 — above 300 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +236.7% 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.
Comparable rate records
Leominster's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Leominster's 484.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fitchburg (486.6), Pittsfield (511.3), Hadley (455.9), Athol (452.1). 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
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.9% of the 799 Part I offenses reported in Leominster for 2024, against a median of 21.4% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 5.5 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 close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 480.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 484.2 in 2024 (+0.7%). The highest observed value was 484.2 in 2024 and the lowest 388.6 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Leominster'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.
Leominster's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 28.8 Census sq mi, Leominster logged 20.3 property and 7.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Leominster's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 799 offenses; mix index 4,210).
Violent offenses are 27% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (28.8 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
+24.6%
388.6 → 484.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+12.4%
1170.4 → 1315.1/100K
Property offenses lead Leominster's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
584
1315.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
480
1080.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
53
119.4
-
Burglary
51
114.8
-
Arson
5
11.3
-
Violent Crime
215
484.2
352
Aggravated Assault
180
405.3
-
Rape
18
40.5
-
Robbery
15
33.8
-
Murder
2
4.5
-
Leominster Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Leominster 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
Leominster Police Department
Reporting agency for Leominster NIBRS-participating
Leominster Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Leominster's 799 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, Leominster reported 215 violent crimes and 584 property crimes, for a total of 799 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Leominster?
From 2023 to 2024, Leominster's violent crime rate increased by 24.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 12.4%.
What is the most common crime in Leominster?
The most common crime type in Leominster is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.1% of all reported crimes (480 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Leominster 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 Leominster, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.