Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Haverhill sees more violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
All 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Add to that, each year brought 4.2 violent crimes and 8.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.0 and 10.4 in the rest of Massachusetts). Its Safety Grade, C+ (#242 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns. The graded rate fell 25% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Haverhill
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Massachusetts towns on Haverhill’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Groveland (A+), Boxford (A+), Merrimac (A+), West Newbury (A), North Andover (A−), Methuen (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, lower
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Haverhill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 12% of the 276 Massachusetts towns we grade, against 36% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Haverhill’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Haverhill’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Haverhill property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Haverhill violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 5.1 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 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 Haverhill 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Haverhill | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Haverhill’s police reported 850 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
684 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.
225 violent and 459 property, as reported to the FBI by Haverhill’s police.
14 people died in crashes on Haverhill’s roads in 2019–2023
Haverhill had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Haverhill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haverhill | C+ | 4.2 | 8.1 |
| Groveland | A+ | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| West Newbury | A | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Methuen | B | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| Boxford | A+ | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Merrimac | A+ | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| North Andover | A− | 1.0 | 5.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haverhill | C+ | 4.2 | 8.1 |
| Brookline | B+ | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Waltham | B− | 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Plymouth | B− | 3.2 | 7.0 |
| Framingham | C+ | 2.9 | 9.8 |
| Malden | C+ | 2.5 | 12.6 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to Haverhill’s population (68,361), 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 Haverhill. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Haverhill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (68,267 in 2025); our figure for Haverhill is 68,361 (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 Haverhill
Is Haverhill, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Haverhill reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #242 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 4.2 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 Haverhill?
4.2 violent and 8.1 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 Haverhill in 2025?
Haverhill’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 Haverhill safer than Groveland?
Groveland reports less crime per resident than Haverhill: Groveland grades A+ for safety and Haverhill C+. Groveland’s police reported 0.1 violent and 0.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Haverhill?
Haverhill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Haverhill”. 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.