Middleboro, MA is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 21% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Middleboro, MA shows violent crime at 427.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 626.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 21% 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
427.2/100K violent
626.8/100K property
+21% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Middleboro, MA
Position in the state cohort
Middleboro reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Massachusetts cities
At 427.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Middleboro ranks 27 of 317 — above 290 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +197.1% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 40.5% of the 264 Part I offenses reported in Middleboro for 2024, against a median of 21.4% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 19.2 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.
Comparable rate records
Middleboro's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Middleboro's 427.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Montague (428.4), Marlborough (421.2), Cambridge (436.7), West Springfield (415.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 364.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 427.2 in 2024 (+17.4%). The highest observed value was 436.3 in 2023 and the lowest 328.7 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 70.1% of reported property offenses in Middleboro, against a cohort median of 78.1%. The remainder is burglary (22) and motor vehicle theft (25). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Middleboro'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.
Middleboro's 2024 municipal footprint
Middleboro leans on larceny-theft at 42% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,153.
Violent offenses are 41% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a mid-size city.
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
-15.5%
742 → 626.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-2.1%
436.3 → 427.2/100K
Property offenses lead Middleboro's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
157
626.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
110
439.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
25
99.8
-
Burglary
22
87.8
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
107
427.2
352
Aggravated Assault
93
371.3
-
Rape
10
39.9
-
Robbery
4
16
-
Murder
0
0
-
Middleboro Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Middleboro 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
Middleboro Police Department
Reporting agency for Middleboro NIBRS-participating
Middleboro Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Middleboro's 264 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, Middleboro reported 107 violent crimes and 157 property crimes, for a total of 264 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Middleboro?
From 2023 to 2024, Middleboro's violent crime rate decreased by 2.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.5%.
What is the most common crime in Middleboro?
The most common crime type in Middleboro is larceny-theft, accounting for 41.7% of all reported crimes (110 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Middleboro 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 Middleboro, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.