Walking in Boston: reported crime by neighborhood

Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · data as of Oct 1, 2026

24,634 incidents were reported to the police in Boston in these 12 months, about 67 a day. Each neighborhood below is compared with the rest of Boston, from very low to very high, taking into account how many people are usually around.

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The map shows every block, by day and at night, and gives walking directions that avoid high-crime areas.

Neighborhoods

Allston Low
Ashmont Moderate
Back Bay Moderate
Bay Village Moderate
Beacon Hill Low
Brighton High
Bulfinch Triangle Moderate
Charlestown Low
Chinatown Moderate
City Hall Plaza Moderate
Cleveland Circle Very low
Creek Square Moderate
Dewey Square Moderate
Dock Square Low
Dorchester High
Dorchester Heights Low
Downtown Low
Downtown Crossing Moderate
Eagle Hill Moderate
East Boston Moderate
Fenway-Kenmore Low
Fields Corner Very high
Forest Hills Very low
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District Moderate
Government Center Moderate
Government Center/Faneuil Hall Moderate
Harbor Islands Very low
Haymarket Square Moderate
Hyde Park Very high
Jamaica Plain Moderate
Jeffries Point Low
Kenmore Square Low
Leather District Moderate
Longwood Very low
Louisburg Square Low
Lower Mills Moderate
Mattapan High
Mission Hill Very low
Neponset Very low
North End Low
Nubian Square High
Orient Heights Very low
Packard's Corner Very low
Park Square Moderate
Pemberton Square Moderate
Phillips Square Moderate
Post Office Square Low
Readville Low
Roslindale Very low
Roxbury High
Savin Hill Moderate
Seaport Very low
South Boston Low
South End Moderate
Union Square Low
Uphams Corner Moderate
West End Moderate
West Roxbury Very low

What gets reported in Boston

Simple assault: 4,638 (19%)
Shoplifting: 4,357 (18%)
Theft: 4,086 (17%)
Drug offense: 2,370 (10%)
Vandalism: 2,303 (9%)
Theft from vehicle: 1,680 (7%)

How Boston compares with other cities

In 2025 the FBI counted 583 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in Boston (Massachusetts: 301, United States: 329).

Property crimes: 1,929 per 100,000 residents (Massachusetts: 1,036, United States: 1,552).

The FBI counts offenses differently from the city data behind the levels, so the totals do not match exactly.

How to read this

It shows crime reported to the police. Many crimes are never reported.
Levels compare areas within Boston. The same level in another city does not mean the same.
It is not a prediction, and it says nothing about any person or building.
Please do not use it for decisions about housing, lending, insurance or employment.

Covers the City of Boston only — not Cambridge, Brookline or Somerville.
Boston police do not publish sexual assaults or domestic violence, so violent crime is under-represented on this map.
Locations are generalized by the Boston Police Department to protect privacy.