Sharon, MA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sharon, MA Summary

Crime in Sharon research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sharon 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 Sharon:

  • There were 58 total crimes committed in Sharon the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 312.6 total crimes per 100K people in Sharon.
  • The overall crime rate in Sharon is -86.55% below the national average.
  • Sharon ranks #50 safest out of 312 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Sharon ranks #1,135 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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Sharon Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sharon is 312.6 per 100,000 people. That's -86.55% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -77.05% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,362.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sharon
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 58 312.6 1,362.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 43.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 37.7 235.9 268.2
Violent Crime 7 37.7 308.8 369.8
Burglary 4 21.6 149.7 269.8
Larceny 40 215.6 804.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 37.7 99.2 282.7
Property Crime 51 274.9 1,053.2 1,954.4

Sharon 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 Sharon

7
Violent Crimes
37.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-89.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Sharon in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sharon is 37.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,650.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sharon each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -89.80% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -87.78% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sharon

51
Property Crimes
274.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-85.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 51 property crimes in Sharon in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sharon is 274.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 363.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sharon each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -85.93% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -73.90% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,053.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sharon

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cambridge, MA 117,044 3,097 2,646.0 2,240.2 405.8
Brockton, MA 110,084 2,616 2,376.4 1,729.6 646.8
Newton, MA 86,710 624 719.6 655.1 64.6
Waltham, MA 63,525 444 698.9 549.4 149.5
Brookline, MA 62,825 629 1,001.2 896.1 105.1
Randolph, MA 32,477 478 1,471.8 1,213.2 258.6
Needham, MA 32,228 193 598.9 518.2 80.7
Norwood, MA 31,533 311 986.3 830.9 155.4
Wellesley, MA 31,354 137 436.9 376.3 60.6
Milton, MA 28,454 147 516.6 492.0 24.6

Sharon SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
9.5
Amenities
8
Education
10
Commute
3
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