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Lowell Crime Rate Report (Massachusetts)

Lowell crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lowell for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Lowell in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 54.02% and the city property crime rate in Lowell was lower than the national property crime rate average by 9.8%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lowell was higher than the violent crime rate in Massachusetts by 66.69% and the city property crime rate in Lowell was higher than the property crime rate in Massachusetts by 34.24%.

Property and Violent Crime
Lowell Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Lowell Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Lowell Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault503
Arson8
Burglary169
Larceny and Theft1,274
Motor Vehicle Theft236
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape21
Robbery86
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,468
Property Crime1,679
Violent Crime612
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault499
Arson8
Burglary92
Larceny and Theft1,283
Motor Vehicle Theft189
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape13
Robbery49
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,353
Property Crime1,564
Violent Crime566

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lowell Property Crime

Lowell Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lowell Crime 2025

Lowell Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lowell Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lowell Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lowell, Massachusetts crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Lowell crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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