North Andover, MA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 61% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Andover, MA shows violent crime at 138.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 566.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 61% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
138.6/100K violent
566.6/100K property
-61% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Andover, MA
Comparable rate records
North Andover's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Andover's 138.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Danvers (137.4), West Bridgewater (140.7), Dudley (141.0), Wellfleet (134.5). 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 92.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 138.6 in 2024 (+49.8%). The highest observed value was 138.6 in 2024 and the lowest 56.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
North Andover sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 138.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Andover ranks 163 of 317 — above 154 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -4.5% 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 North Andover'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.
North Andover's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 26.3 Census sq mi, North Andover logged 7 property and 1.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
North Andover's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 229 offenses; mix index 4,690).
Violent offenses are 20% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (26.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+99.1%
69.6 → 138.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3.6%
546.9 → 566.6/100K
Property offenses lead North Andover's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
184
566.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
152
468.1
-
Burglary
20
61.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
12
37
-
Arson
1
3.1
-
Violent Crime
45
138.6
352
Aggravated Assault
28
86.2
-
Rape
12
37
-
Robbery
4
12.3
-
Murder
1
3.1
-
North Andover Crime Trend (2020-2024)
North Andover 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
North Andover Police Department
Reporting agency for North Andover NIBRS-participating
North Andover Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind North Andover's 229 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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North Andover at 138.6/100K violent and 566.6/100K property - matched below outside Massachusetts (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, North Andover reported 45 violent crimes and 184 property crimes, for a total of 229 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Andover?
From 2023 to 2024, North Andover's violent crime rate increased by 99.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 3.6%.
What is the most common crime in North Andover?
The most common crime type in North Andover is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.4% of all reported crimes (152 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: North Andover 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 North Andover, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.