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New Bedford Crime Rate Report (Massachusetts)

New Bedford crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 24 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in New Bedford for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for New Bedford in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 4.72% and the city property crime rate in New Bedford was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 0.82%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in New Bedford was higher than the violent crime rate in Massachusetts by 13.34% and the city property crime rate in New Bedford was higher than the property crime rate in Massachusetts by 50.05%.

Property and Violent Crime
New Bedford Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
New Bedford Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

New Bedford Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault224
Arson10
Burglary197
Larceny and Theft1,108
Motor Vehicle Theft260
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape51
Robbery68
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,354
Property Crime1,565
Violent Crime347
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault265
Arson2
Burglary71
Larceny and Theft718
Motor Vehicle Theft259
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape56
Robbery30
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,838
Property Crime1,049
Violent Crime355

Property and Violent Crime Totals

New Bedford Property Crime

New Bedford Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

New Bedford Crime 2025

New Bedford Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

New Bedford Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

New Bedford Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this New Bedford, 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 New Bedford crime report data for 2026 was projected from 24 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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