Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Franklin Town runs lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 73% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 94%. From 2023 to 2025, crimes Franklin Town’s police reported put it at A for safety: #44 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts. For every 1,000 residents, 0.9 violent crime and 2.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Massachusetts, the figures are 3.0 and 10.4.
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 Franklin Town
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Massachusetts towns on Franklin Town’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Norfolk (A), Medway (A), Bellingham (B−), Wrentham (C+). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Franklin 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 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 | Franklin Town | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Franklin Town’s police reported 88 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Franklin 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 1 violent crime, 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 | Franklin Town property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Franklin Town violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.6 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 10.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 9.8 | 0.7 | 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.
92 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.
24 violent and 68 property, as reported to the FBI by Franklin Town’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Franklin Town’s roads in 2019–2023
Franklin Town had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Massachusetts towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Franklin Town’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Franklin Town’s own rate (2.4) 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.
Franklin Town and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Town | A | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Medway | A | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Norfolk | A | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Bellingham | B− | 2.3 | 10.4 |
| Wrentham | C+ | 1.3 | 18.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Town | A | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Lexington | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Needham | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Falmouth | B− | 2.5 | 7.2 |
| Randolph Town | B− | 2.4 | 10.4 |
| Dartmouth | C+ | 2.6 | 12.1 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to Franklin Town’s population (33,955), 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 Franklin 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 Franklin Town’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,015 in 2025); our figure for Franklin Town is 33,955 (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 Franklin Town
Is Franklin Town, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Franklin Town reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #44 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 0.9 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 Franklin Town?
0.9 violent and 2.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Massachusetts reports 3.0 and 10.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Franklin Town in 2025?
Franklin 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 Franklin Town safer than Medway?
Medway reports less crime per resident than Franklin Town: Medway grades A for safety and Franklin Town A. Medway’s police reported 0.6 violent and 3.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Franklin Town?
Franklin Town’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Franklin”. 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.