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Safety in Boston

Boston ranks #46 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 66 — Fun. That puts it in the 66th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Massachusetts.

safety score
66
Fun
National rank
#46 of 134
In Massachusetts
#1 of 1
Percentile
66th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Boston sits 16 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Boston

  1. T#43 Tucson, AZ 68
  2. #45 Arlington, TX 67
  3. #46 Boston, MA — this page 66
  4. T#47 Key West, FL 65
  5. T#47 St. Petersburg, FL 65

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Boston

Boston scores 98 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: