Dorchester Center, Boston, MA Property Crime Rates and Maps

B-

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	A
Other Crime Grade	C-

Which crimes are included?

$1.05 million

Cost of Crime™ for Dorchester Center, Boston, MA

In 2025, property crime will cost $240 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Dorchester Center with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The A grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Dorchester Center against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is much lower than the norm. Dorchester Center sits in the 89th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 89% of neighborhoods and behind 11%. The grade covers only Dorchester Center's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The property crime rate in Dorchester Center is 11.07 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the central part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 70 in the northeast areas to 1 in 117 in the central.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the north parts of Dorchester Center, Boston, MA report the most property crime, about 27 cases per year. The central part reports the fewest, around 8 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Dorchester Center, Boston, MA

Property crime in Dorchester Center is projected to cost $1,052,625 in 2025, about $79 per resident and $240 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 65.3%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 28.8%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.9%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Dorchester Center Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Dorchester Center, Boston, MA:	$79
Back Bay, Boston, MA:	$171
Whittenton, Taunton, MA:	$54
Massachusetts:	$71
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $79 per resident each year in Dorchester Center, which is $57 less than the national average and $8 more than Boston's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Dorchester Center:

In Back Bay, Boston, MA, crime costs $171 per person, which is $92 more than in Dorchester Center.
In Whittenton, Taunton, MA, crime costs $54 per person, which is $25 less than in Dorchester Center

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Dorchester Center, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Dorchester Center	Cost per Dorchester Center Resident
Vehicle Theft	$303,281	$23
Burglary	$179,639	$14
Theft	$551,708	$42
Arson	$17,997	$1
Total Cost of Property Crime	$1,052,625	$79

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Dorchester Center, Boston, MA. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the southwest part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Dorchester Center Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Dorchester Center residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	8.039
Vehicle Theft	1.478
Burglary	1.495
Arson	0.0562
Total Property Crime	11.07 (A)

Individual Dorchester Center Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in Dorchester Center is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Dorchester Center.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
South Dorchester, Boston, MA	B-	D+	A
Mount Bowdoin, Boston, MA	C+	D	A-
Fields Corner, Boston, MA	C	D+	B+
Neponset, Boston, MA	A-	C+	A
Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain, MA	B	C	A
North Dorchester, Boston, MA	C+	D+	B
Milton Upper Mills, Milton, MA	A	B-	A+
Roxbury, Boston, MA	B-	D+	B+
East Milton, Milton, MA	A	B+	A+
Nubian Square, Boston, MA	C	D-	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Dorchester Center is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Atwater Village, Los Angeles, CA	C-	D+	D+
Mandell, Chicago, IL	C+	C-	C-
Mar Lee, Denver, CO	D+	D+	D+
Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI	C-	D+	D+
Spanos Park, Stockton, CA	A-	D+	D+
Cypress Park, Los Angeles, CA	C+	D+	D+
Ballard, Seattle, WA	F	C	C
Green Haven, Pasadena, MD	A	A-	A-
Original Daly City, Daly City, CA	B+	C+	C+
Ormewood Park-East Atlanta, Atlanta, GA	B-	B	B

Considering only the property crime rate, Dorchester Center is as safe as the Massachusetts state average and safer than the national average.

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