Nantucket, MA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 42% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Nantucket, MA shows violent crime at 202.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 912.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 42% 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
202.9/100K violent
912.8/100K property
-42% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Nantucket, MA
Comparable rate records
Nantucket's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Nantucket's 202.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Easthampton (206.5), Belchertown (208.6), Becket (208.7), East Longmeadow (209.4). 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
Nantucket sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 202.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Nantucket ranks 107 of 317 — above 210 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +41.1% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 165.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 202.9 in 2024 (+22.6%). The highest observed value was 276.8 in 2022 and the lowest 165.4 in 2020. 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 Nantucket, against a cohort median of 78.1%. The remainder is burglary (11) and motor vehicle theft (7). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 18.2% of the 165 Part I offenses reported in Nantucket for 2024, against a median of 21.5% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 3.3 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.
Property counts dominate Nantucket'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.
Nantucket's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.8 Census sq mi, Nantucket logged 23.2 property and 5.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Nantucket's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 165 offenses; mix index 5,315).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-23.6%
1194.5 → 912.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.7%
212.8 → 202.9/100K
Property offenses lead Nantucket's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
135
912.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
117
791.1
-
Burglary
11
74.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
47.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
30
202.9
352
Aggravated Assault
24
162.3
-
Rape
6
40.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Nantucket Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Nantucket 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 averagesRead the chart as a list
Nantucket: 203 violent, 913 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Wilbraham: 162 violent, 1277 property per 100,000 (grade B)
East Bridgewater: 123 violent, 232 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Uxbridge: 107 violent, 369 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Bedford: 14 violent, 443 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Hanover: 107 violent, 980 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Millbury: 154 violent, 1403 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Dennis: 236 violent, 760 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Kingston: 217 violent, 679 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Nantucket Police Department
Reporting agency for Nantucket NIBRS-participating
Nantucket Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Nantucket's 165 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, Nantucket reported 30 violent crimes and 135 property crimes, for a total of 165 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Nantucket?
From 2023 to 2024, Nantucket's violent crime rate decreased by 4.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.6%.
What is the most common crime in Nantucket?
The most common crime type in Nantucket is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.9% of all reported crimes (117 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Nantucket 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 Nantucket, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.