Quincy, MA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Quincy, MA Summary

Crime in Quincy research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Quincy over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Quincy:

  • There were 1,509 total crimes committed in Quincy the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,487.7 total crimes per 100K people in Quincy.
  • The overall crime rate in Quincy is -35.99% below the national average.
  • Quincy ranks #271 safest out of 312 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Quincy ranks #5,285 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Quincy Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Quincy is 1,487.7 per 100,000 people. That's -35.99% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 9.23% higher than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,362.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Quincy
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,509 1,487.7 1,362.0 2,324.2
Murder 2 2.0 2.3 6.3
Robbery 32 31.5 43.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 335 330.3 235.9 268.2
Violent Crime 403 397.3 308.8 369.8
Burglary 198 195.2 149.7 269.8
Larceny 816 804.5 804.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 92 90.7 99.2 282.7
Property Crime 1,106 1,090.4 1,053.2 1,954.4

Quincy Crime Compared To Massachusetts Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Massachusetts.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Quincy

403
Violent Crimes
397.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
7.44%
Above The National Average
  • There were 403 violent crimes in Quincy in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Quincy is 397.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 251.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Quincy each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 7.44% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 28.66% higher than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Quincy

1,106
Property Crimes
1,090.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-44.21%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,106 property crimes in Quincy in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Quincy is 1,090.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 91.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Quincy each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -44.21% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 3.53% higher than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,053.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Quincy

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Boston, MA 638,925 15,469 2,421.1 1,802.1 619.0
Newton, MA 86,710 624 719.6 655.1 64.6
Brookline, MA 62,825 629 1,001.2 896.1 105.1
Lexington, MA 33,889 112 330.5 286.2 44.3
Randolph, MA 32,477 478 1,471.8 1,213.2 258.6
Needham, MA 32,228 193 598.9 518.2 80.7
Wellesley, MA 31,354 137 436.9 376.3 60.6
Milton, MA 28,454 147 516.6 492.0 24.6
Hingham, MA 25,437 162 636.9 463.9 173.0
Reading, MA 25,018 151 603.6 587.6 16.0

Quincy SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
10
Education
8
Commute
3
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