Faneuil, Brighton, MA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Faneuil is a neighborhood of 9,790 residents in Brighton · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Faneuil?
Faneuil earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Theft makes up 62% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades B+. Brighton as a whole grades B+ for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 758 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Faneuil as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Faneuil scores 758.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Faneuil, Brighton, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Faneuil in Brighton, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Faneuil
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Brighton as a whole, 52% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Theft runs low. Faneuil has 6.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 13.1.
Property crime rates and types in Faneuil
CrimeGrade™ estimates Faneuil has about 9.9 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 37% less than Brighton as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Faneuil, about 62% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Brighton
The Boston Police Department polices Faneuil; these figures cover Boston as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Boston as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 55% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Faneuil and nearby neighborhoods
Faneuil has more property crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Nonantum and Newton Corner have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Faneuil apart: it has 98% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 3.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more car theft.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.98% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.B (61 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Faneuil
Property crime costs Faneuil about $650,000 a year, or $66 per resident and about $163 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Faneuil is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
