Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Braintree Town records more violent crime per head than 70% of U.S. towns
Its letter overall is C+ (#237 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 2.8 violent crimes and 13.3 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.0 and 10.3 in the rest of Massachusetts. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. Next door, 3 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MA” is every other Massachusetts city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Braintree Town
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Massachusetts towns on Braintree Town’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Weymouth Town (B−), Randolph Town (B−), Holbrook (C+), Quincy (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, lower
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Braintree Town’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 14% of the 276 Massachusetts towns we grade, against 37% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Braintree Town has 25,981 jobs based in town for 38,957 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Braintree Town’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Braintree Town | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Braintree Town’s police reported 330 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Braintree Town per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Braintree Town property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Braintree Town violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 14.3 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Massachusetts.
660 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
102 violent and 558 property, as reported to the FBI by Braintree Town’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Braintree Town’s roads in 2019–2023
Braintree Town had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Massachusetts towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.0, 86 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Braintree Town and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree Town | C+ | 2.8 | 13.3 |
| Randolph Town | B− | 2.4 | 10.4 |
| Quincy | C+ | 3.3 | 12.1 |
| Weymouth Town | B− | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Holbrook | C+ | 3.0 | 12.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree Town | C+ | 2.8 | 13.3 |
| Shrewsbury | A− | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| Chelmsford | B | 1.2 | 10.2 |
| Westfield | B | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Chelsea | D | 9.1 | 14.9 |
| Holyoke | D− | 11.1 | 41.3 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to Braintree Town’s population (38,957), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Braintree Town. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Braintree Town’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,044 in 2025); our figure for Braintree Town is 38,957 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Braintree Town
Is Braintree Town, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Braintree Town reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #237 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 2.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Braintree Town?
2.8 violent and 13.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Massachusetts reports 3.0 and 10.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Braintree Town in 2025?
Braintree Town’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Braintree Town safer than Randolph Town?
Randolph Town reports less crime per resident than Braintree Town: Randolph Town grades B− for safety and Braintree Town C+. Randolph Town’s police reported 2.4 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Braintree Town?
Braintree Town’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Braintree”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.