Seekonk, MA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 40% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Seekonk, MA shows violent crime at 211.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,647.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 40% 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
211.4/100K violent
1647.7/100K property
-40% vs U.S.
The verdict
Seekonk earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-40%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
43rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,647.7
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Seekonk, MA
Comparable rate records
Seekonk's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Seekonk's 211.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Natick (213.1), East Longmeadow (209.4), Becket (208.7), Belchertown (208.6). 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.4% of the 299 Part I offenses reported in Seekonk for 2024, against a median of 21.5% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 10.1 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.
Position in the state cohort
Seekonk sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 211.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Seekonk ranks 102 of 317 — above 215 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +47.0% 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 175.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 211.4 in 2024 (+20.3%). The highest observed value was 266.5 in 2023 and the lowest 175.8 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 88.7% of reported property offenses in Seekonk, against a cohort median of 78.1%. The remainder is burglary (14) and motor vehicle theft (16). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Seekonk'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-20.7%
266.5 → 211.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10.2%
1834.1 → 1647.7/100K
Property offenses lead Seekonk's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MA
Property Crime
265
1647.7
1101.2
Larceny-Theft
235
1461.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
16
99.5
-
Burglary
14
87
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
34
211.4
308.8
Aggravated Assault
27
167.9
-
Rape
5
31.1
-
Robbery
2
12.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Seekonk Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Seekonk property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,647.7/100K↓10.2%vs 2023
Seekonk violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
211.4/100K↓20.7%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
15,927
175.8
1871
326
2021
Comparable
16,212
222.1
1585.2
293
2022
Comparable
15,692
248.5
1918.2
340
2023
Comparable
15,757
266.5
1834.1
331
2024
Comparable
16,083
211.4
1647.7
299
How Seekonk sits among MA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Seekonk Police Department NIBRS-participating
Seekonk's crime figures on this page originate from Seekonk Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Massachusetts cities closest to Seekonk in population. Their populations run from 15,804 to 16,167, against 16,083 here. Or use our
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These Massachusetts cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Seekonk's 211.4/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Seekonk has a violent crime rate of 211.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1647.7 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Seekonk, MA safe? ▼
Seekonk receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 65/100. The violent crime rate is 40% below the national average and 32% below the Massachusetts average.
What is the population of Seekonk, MA? ▼
The reporting population for Seekonk is 16,083 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Seekonk? ▼
In 2024, Seekonk reported 34 violent crimes and 265 property crimes, for a total of 299 reported offenses.
How do Seekonk's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Seekonk recorded about one reported offense per 54 residents and one reported violent offense per 473 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Seekonk? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Seekonk's violent crime rate decreased by 20.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10.2%.
What is the most common crime in Seekonk? ▼
The most common crime type in Seekonk is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.6% of all reported crimes (235 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Seekonk 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 Seekonk, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.