Salisbury, MA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Salisbury, MA Summary

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

  • There were 100 total crimes committed in Salisbury the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,082.5 total crimes per 100K people in Salisbury.
  • The overall crime rate in Salisbury is -53.43% below the national average.
  • Salisbury ranks #229 safest out of 312 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Salisbury ranks #4,020 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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Salisbury Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Salisbury is 1,082.5 per 100,000 people. That's -53.43% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -20.52% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,362.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Salisbury
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 100 1,082.5 1,362.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 43.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 22 238.1 235.9 268.2
Violent Crime 26 281.4 308.8 369.8
Burglary 13 140.7 149.7 269.8
Larceny 50 541.2 804.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 11 119.1 99.2 282.7
Property Crime 74 801.0 1,053.2 1,954.4

Salisbury 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 Salisbury

26
Violent Crimes
281.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-23.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 violent crimes in Salisbury in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Salisbury is 281.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 355.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Salisbury each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -23.89% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -8.86% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Salisbury

74
Property Crimes
801.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-59.01%
Below The National Average
  • There were 74 property crimes in Salisbury in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Salisbury is 801.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 124.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Salisbury each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -59.01% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.94% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,053.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Salisbury

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Haverhill, MA 67,359 927 1,376.2 797.2 579.0
Beverly, MA 42,441 249 586.7 485.4 101.3
Andover, MA 36,631 226 617.0 499.6 117.4
Gloucester, MA 30,301 240 792.1 551.1 240.9
Danvers, MA 27,887 384 1,377.0 1,183.3 193.6
Portsmouth, NH 22,513 322 1,430.3 1,252.6 177.7
Newburyport, MA 18,366 120 653.4 506.4 147.0
Hampton, NH 16,384 141 860.6 744.6 116.0
Exeter, NH 16,155 107 662.3 581.9 80.5
Ipswich, MA 13,735 41 298.5 254.8 43.7

Salisbury SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
8.5
Commute
3
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