Boston, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Neighbourhoods in Boston
Other places nearby
- Boston police area 1/10
- Chelsea police area 1/10
- Brookline police area 6/10
- Cambridge police area 2/10
- Somerville police area 4/10
- Milton police area 7/10
- Quincy police area 3/10
- Winthrop police area 7/10
Mayors of Boston since 2010
Boston: Mayor Michelle Wu (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Maura Healey (Democrat)
Michelle Wu · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since January 2026
Too early to compare
Michelle Wu · Democrat, nonpartisan office
November 2021 – January 2026
Boston ▲ +12% · USA ▼ −7%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Kim Janey
March 2021 – November 2021
Boston ▼ −12% · USA ▼ −9%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Marty Walsh · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2018 – March 2021
Boston ▼ −8% · USA ▼ −12%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Marty Walsh · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2014 – January 2018
Boston ▼ −22% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
