Photo: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger) · Public domainPer resident, Stoughton records more violent crime than 66% of U.S. towns
Taking everything together, Stoughton scores C+ (#221 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025. Its police logs show 2.5 violent crimes and 11.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Massachusetts the numbers are 3.0 and 10.3. Even so, 2 of the 3 towns next door 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 Stoughton
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Massachusetts towns on Stoughton’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Sharon (A+), Canton (B−), Avon (C). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, lower
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Stoughton’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 20% of the 276 Massachusetts towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Stoughton’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 (2.5) 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 (11.7) 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 | Stoughton | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Stoughton’s police reported 222 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 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 Stoughton 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 2 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 | Stoughton property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Stoughton violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 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.
414 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.
70 violent and 344 property, as reported to the FBI by Stoughton’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Stoughton’s roads in 2019–2023
Stoughton had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 8.9 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.
Stoughton and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoughton | C+ | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| Bridgewater Town | A− | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Wakefield | A− | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| Melrose | B+ | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| Danvers | B− | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| Saugus | C+ | 2.1 | 13.1 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to Stoughton’s population (29,845), 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 Stoughton. 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 Stoughton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,430 in 2025); our figure for Stoughton is 29,845 (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 Stoughton
Is Stoughton, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Stoughton reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #221 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 2.5 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 Stoughton?
2.5 violent and 11.7 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 Stoughton in 2025?
Stoughton’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 Stoughton safer than Sharon?
Sharon reports less crime per resident than Stoughton: Sharon grades A+ for safety and Stoughton C+. Sharon’s police reported 0.3 violent and 2.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Stoughton?
Stoughton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Stoughton”. 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.