Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crime reported in Rowley, MA
Rowley’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
The years Rowley’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Massachusetts. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Rowley | Rest of Massachusetts | Rowley | Rest of Massachusetts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | not reported | 10.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 9.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
20 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Rowley’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
The nearest Massachusetts towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | A | 3 mi | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| Newbury | B+ | 3 mi | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| Georgetown | A | 5 mi | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Topsfield | A | 6 mi | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Newburyport | A− | 6 mi | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| West Newbury | A | 7 mi | 0.4 | 2.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Rowley. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rowley.
No one died in a crash on Rowley’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Rowley’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rowley’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Rowley and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | B+ | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| Ipswich | A | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| Georgetown | A | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Boxford | A+ | 0.0 | 1.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Rowley. 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 Rowley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,361 in 2025); our figure for Rowley is 6,356 (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 Rowley
Is Rowley, MA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Rowley. Rowley’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Massachusetts towns with a grade are Ipswich (A, 3 mi), Newbury (B+, 3 mi), Georgetown (A, 5 mi).
Who polices Rowley?
Rowley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rowley Police Department”. 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.