Tewksbury, MA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 28% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Tewksbury, MA shows violent crime at 254.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 870.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 28% 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
254.5/100K violent
870.3/100K property
-28% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Tewksbury, MA
Comparable rate records
Tewksbury's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Tewksbury's 254.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Peabody (254.7), Waltham (252.0), Stoughton (258.4), Saugus (250.2). 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
Tewksbury reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Massachusetts cities
At 254.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Tewksbury ranks 74 of 317 — above 243 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +77.0% 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 224.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 254.5 in 2024 (+13.6%). The highest observed value was 299.3 in 2021 and the lowest 224.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Tewksbury'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.
Tewksbury's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 20.7 Census sq mi, Tewksbury logged 13.4 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Tewksbury's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 358 offenses; mix index 4,633).
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (20.7 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
-28.7%
1219.9 → 870.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+1.6%
250.5 → 254.5/100K
Property offenses lead Tewksbury's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
277
870.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
233
732.1
-
Burglary
24
75.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
20
62.8
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
81
254.5
352
Aggravated Assault
62
194.8
-
Rape
16
50.3
-
Robbery
3
9.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Tewksbury Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Tewksbury 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
Tewksbury Police Department
Reporting agency for Tewksbury NIBRS-participating
Tewksbury Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Tewksbury's 358 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, Tewksbury reported 81 violent crimes and 277 property crimes, for a total of 358 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Tewksbury?
From 2023 to 2024, Tewksbury's violent crime rate increased by 1.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 28.7%.
What is the most common crime in Tewksbury?
The most common crime type in Tewksbury is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.1% of all reported crimes (233 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Tewksbury 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 Tewksbury, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.