The number of property crimes, per 1,000 residents. These crimes include arson, burglary, theft, fraud, embezzlement, and destruction/vandalism.
Crime detracts from the quality of life of those who directly experience and witness it, but it also impacts the lives of others within the community, as well as housing stability, and a community's attractiveness as a place to live, work, and do business.
The rate of reported property crimes in Essex County in 2024 was 15.4 per 1,000 residents, below the state rate of 20.8. This is a 21% decrease from 2020. The highest property crime rates were in Salem (27.4), Saugus (22.9) and Danvers (22.2).
Middlesex (18.7 per 1,000 residents) had a slightly higher rate than Essex County in 2024. Comparable data for Lake, IL and Westchester, NY was not available.
The City of Lawrence did not report data prior to 2020 so county-wide rates are not fully comparable prior to this year. Property crime includes burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. Comparable national data and rates for comparison counties were not available.
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County, MA | 22.1 | 21.0 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 19.5 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 15.4 |
| Amesbury | 17.6 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 9.7 | 17.1 | 18.7 | 16.0 |
| Beverly | 15.9 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 8.1 |
| Gloucester | 14.4 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 13.0 |
| Haverhill | 34.8 | 29.7 | 26.6 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 20.0 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 17.9 |
| Lawrence | 16.3 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 17.0 | |||||
| Lynn | 39.8 | 36.4 | 30.0 | 25.9 | 23.3 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 21.3 | 17.2 | 20.7 |
| Methuen | 25.6 | 27.9 | 22.7 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 23.1 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 11.7 |
| Newburyport | 19.8 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 15.1 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 10.0 |
| Peabody | 18.7 | 24.6 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 21.0 | 16.7 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 14.9 |
| Salem | 48.6 | 42.8 | 39.5 | 33.9 | 32.3 | 38.1 | 31.9 | 26.6 | 29.2 | 27.4 |
| Andover | 14.7 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 26.8 | 12.2 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.6 |
| Boxford | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 24.9 | 9.5 | 5.8 | 9.8 | 5.3 |
| Danvers | 37.6 | 34.0 | 27.9 | 24.5 | 22.3 | 30.5 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 22.2 |
| Essex | 9.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 12.2 | |||||
| Georgetown | 11.2 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 27.3 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 7.6 |
| Groveland | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Hamilton | 11.3 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 9.8 |
| Ipswich | 11.7 | 15.4 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 8.3 |
| Lynnfield | 13.6 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 17.0 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 15.9 |
| Manchester | 10.4 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 10.6 |
| Marblehead | 17.4 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 18.6 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 11.5 |
| Merrimac | 13.4 | 10.9 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 7.0 |
| Middleton | 13.7 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 7.7 |
| Nahant | 15.8 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 6.7 |
| Newbury | 9.5 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| North Andover | 11.2 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 10.7 |
| Rockport | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
| Rowley | 10.8 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 15.4 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
| Salisbury | 28.1 | 32.7 | 26.8 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 20.6 | 14.1 |
| Saugus | 39.6 | 37.4 | 32.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 23.8 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 23.0 | 22.9 |
| Swampscott | 25.5 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 16.8 | 13.3 | 24.8 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 21.3 |
| Topsfield | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 17.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 5.7 |
| Wenham | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 13.4 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 10.7 | 8.3 |
| West Newbury | 2.2 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 9.1 |
| Middlesex County, MA | 20.6 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 21.7 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 18.7 |
| Massachusetts | 23.5 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 24.4 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 21.8 | 20.8 |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County, MA | 17,165 | 16,316 | 14,742 | 12,716 | 11,865 | 15,414 | 12,115 | 12,205 | 12,612 | 12,452 |
| Amesbury | 306 | 313 | 277 | 287 | 260 | 291 | 172 | 295 | 320 | 274 |
| Beverly | 655 | 558 | 462 | 443 | 390 | 346 | 402 | 407 | 441 | 341 |
| Gloucester | 428 | 436 | 448 | 430 | 337 | 312 | 409 | 397 | 339 | 390 |
| Haverhill | 2,184 | 1,860 | 1,673 | 1,585 | 1,543 | 1,279 | 1,124 | 1,174 | 1,151 | 1,201 |
| Lawrence | 1,305 | 1,488 | 1,401 | 1,577 | 1,489 | |||||
| Lynn | 3,682 | 3,366 | 2,795 | 2,451 | 2,198 | 1,742 | 1,439 | 2,144 | 1,741 | 2,095 |
| Methuen | 1,268 | 1,386 | 1,143 | 873 | 856 | 1,173 | 804 | 682 | 876 | 628 |
| Newburyport | 356 | 390 | 418 | 267 | 248 | 343 | 284 | 233 | 232 | 189 |
| Peabody | 981 | 1,291 | 1,112 | 1,008 | 851 | 1,109 | 898 | 848 | 875 | 801 |
| Salem | 2,073 | 1,827 | 1,713 | 1,481 | 1,399 | 1,642 | 1,406 | 1,202 | 1,310 | 1,233 |
| Andover | 518 | 436 | 503 | 381 | 439 | 979 | 452 | 342 | 378 | 422 |
| Boxford | 45 | 44 | 86 | 69 | 94 | 207 | 80 | 47 | 79 | 43 |
| Danvers | 1,044 | 951 | 785 | 678 | 618 | 838 | 548 | 505 | 478 | 614 |
| Essex | 37 | 32 | 30 | 36 | 45 | |||||
| Georgetown | 96 | 123 | 104 | 102 | 91 | 240 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 64 |
| Groveland | 32 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Hamilton | 92 | 70 | 84 | 74 | 83 | 120 | 81 | 57 | 58 | 74 |
| Ipswich | 162 | 214 | 151 | 128 | 95 | 212 | 120 | 85 | 125 | 116 |
| Lynnfield | 174 | 165 | 175 | 171 | 133 | 223 | 136 | 179 | 167 | 206 |
| Manchester | 56 | 39 | 54 | 40 | 62 | 65 | 51 | 68 | 62 | 57 |
| Marblehead | 357 | 293 | 287 | 223 | 240 | 381 | 286 | 229 | 264 | 233 |
| Merrimac | 91 | 75 | 51 | 53 | 37 | 51 | 25 | 41 | 56 | 47 |
| Middleton | 133 | 143 | 170 | 124 | 95 | 101 | 71 | 89 | 62 | 77 |
| Nahant | 55 | 50 | 54 | 22 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 29 | 22 |
| Newbury | 66 | 67 | 83 | 69 | 71 | 95 | 78 | 61 | 84 | 80 |
| North Andover | 332 | 226 | 246 | 263 | 286 | 517 | 296 | 250 | 355 | 338 |
| Rockport | 44 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 32 | 21 | 29 | 21 |
| Rowley | 68 | 55 | 70 | 48 | 41 | 100 | 54 | 34 | 69 | 3 |
| Salisbury | 260 | 308 | 252 | 211 | 199 | 223 | 220 | 186 | 190 | 128 |
| Saugus | 1,108 | 1,053 | 918 | 710 | 723 | 675 | 533 | 619 | 658 | 654 |
| Swampscott | 369 | 318 | 327 | 258 | 203 | 381 | 227 | 223 | 213 | 329 |
| Topsfield | 9 | 17 | 49 | 51 | 35 | 119 | 57 | 55 | 62 | 37 |
| Wenham | 21 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 38 | 71 | 41 | 36 | 53 | 41 |
| West Newbury | 10 | 71 | 84 | 44 | 44 | 75 | 31 | 37 | 30 | 42 |
| Middlesex County, MA | 32,682 | 30,122 | 28,764 | 25,855 | 25,627 | 35,044 | 25,551 | 27,873 | 31,027 | 30,225 |
| Massachusetts | 158,197 | 150,367 | 140,044 | 124,518 | 123,590 | 168,116 | 136,268 | 140,485 | 152,224 | 145,605 |
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