Photo: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger) · Public domainEast Bridgewater sees less property crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
None of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. The graded rate fell 16% from 2023 to 2025. Weighing it all, East Bridgewater earns A− for safety (#67 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts), with less crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 1.0 violent crime and 2.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.0 and 10.3 in the rest of Massachusetts.
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 East Bridgewater
East Bridgewater reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Massachusetts towns on East Bridgewater’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Bridgewater Town (A−), Hanson (A−), Halifax (B+), Whitman (B), Brockton (C−). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind East Bridgewater’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Bridgewater | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Bridgewater’s police reported 46 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Bridgewater property | Rest of Massachusetts property | East Bridgewater violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 10.9 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Massachusetts.
Crime in East Bridgewater 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
55 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.
6 violent and 49 property, as reported to the FBI by East Bridgewater’s police.
Four people died in crashes on East Bridgewater’s roads in 2019–2023
East Bridgewater had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Massachusetts towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of East Bridgewater’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Bridgewater’s own rate (5.5) is context, not a ranking.
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.
East Bridgewater and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Bridgewater | A− | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Bridgewater Town | A− | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Hanson | A− | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| Whitman | B | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| Halifax | B+ | 0.9 | 8.1 |
| Brockton | C− | 5.9 | 15.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Bridgewater | A− | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Bedford | A | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| Uxbridge | A− | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Kingston | B+ | 1.6 | 6.4 |
| Wilbraham | B− | 1.4 | 12.5 |
| Nantucket | B− | 2.0 | 10.7 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to East Bridgewater’s population (14,602), 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 East Bridgewater. 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 East Bridgewater’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,502 in 2025); our figure for East Bridgewater is 14,602 (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 East Bridgewater
Is East Bridgewater, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Bridgewater reports less crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #67 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 1.0 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 East Bridgewater?
1.0 violent and 2.9 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.
Is East Bridgewater safer than Bridgewater Town?
Bridgewater Town reports more crime per resident than East Bridgewater: Bridgewater Town grades A− for safety and East Bridgewater A−. Bridgewater Town’s police reported 1.2 violent and 2.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Bridgewater?
East Bridgewater’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Bridgewater”. 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.