Wilmington, MA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 53% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wilmington, MA shows violent crime at 165.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,011.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 53% 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
165.7/100K violent
1011.3/100K property
-53% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Wilmington, MA
Comparable rate records
Wilmington's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Wilmington's 165.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Amesbury (164.6), Lanesboro (167.0), Norwood (167.2), Beverly (167.3). 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 132.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 165.7 in 2024 (+25.3%). The highest observed value was 219.3 in 2023 and the lowest 89.1 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 14.1% of the 277 Part I offenses reported in Wilmington for 2024, against a median of 21.5% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 7.4 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
Wilmington sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 165.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wilmington ranks 131 of 317 — above 186 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +15.2% 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.
Property counts dominate Wilmington'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.
Wilmington's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 17 Census sq mi, Wilmington logged 14 property and 2.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Wilmington's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 277 offenses; mix index 5,618).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (17 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
-24.4%
219.3 → 165.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+17.6%
859.8 → 1011.3/100K
Property offenses lead Wilmington's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
238
1011.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
203
862.5
-
Burglary
22
93.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
55.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
39
165.7
352
Aggravated Assault
35
148.7
-
Rape
4
17
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Wilmington Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Wilmington 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
Wilmington Police Department
Reporting agency for Wilmington NIBRS-participating
Wilmington Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Wilmington's 277 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, Wilmington reported 39 violent crimes and 238 property crimes, for a total of 277 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Wilmington?
From 2023 to 2024, Wilmington's violent crime rate decreased by 24.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 17.6%.
What is the most common crime in Wilmington?
The most common crime type in Wilmington is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.3% of all reported crimes (203 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Wilmington 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 Wilmington, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.