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Wellesley Crime Rate Report (Massachusetts)

Wellesley crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Wellesley for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Wellesley in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 84.65% and the city property crime rate in Wellesley was lower than the national property crime rate average by 78.7%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Wellesley was lower than the violent crime rate in Massachusetts by 83.39% and the city property crime rate in Wellesley was lower than the property crime rate in Massachusetts by 68.3%.

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

Wellesley Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson0
Burglary13
Larceny and Theft88
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)149
Property Crime104
Violent Crime16
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault9
Arson0
Burglary12
Larceny and Theft96
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape6
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)164
Property Crime119
Violent Crime14

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Wellesley Property Crime

Wellesley Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Wellesley Crime 2025

Wellesley Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Wellesley Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Wellesley Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Wellesley, 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 Wellesley crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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