The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Framingham is 1 in 64. Based on FBI crime data, Framingham is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Massachusetts, Framingham has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes.
Requested by: Mary Whitfill, Patriot Ledger
The Request: I am looking for information regarding the following offenses, specifically how many of each offense occurred in the city of Framingham each year for the last 10 years (2012-2021): Arson Aggravated assault Burglary/B&E Murder Negligent manslaughter Kidnapping/abduction Motor vehicle theft Robbery Forcible rape Procession of an unlicensed firearm
The Response: We at FU, took the documents provided by the city and turned it into a workable spreadsheet.
City File: Click to enlarge pages
Our Spreadsheet & Graphs:
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Aggravated Assault | 137 | 152 | 156 | 180 | 165 | 187 | 244 | 265 | 251 | 226 |
| Arson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Burglary | 262 | 222 | 182 | 177 | 133 | 134 | 129 | 160 | 111 | 97 |
| Criminal Homicide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| MV Theft | 101 | 79 | 55 | 57 | 54 | 64 | 60 | 72 | 124 | 80 |
| Rape | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Robbery | 25 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 36 | 25 | 17 |
| Kidnapping | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm Carry w/o License | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
