Framingham is a city of 72,400 in Middlesex County, about 19 miles west of downtown Boston · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Framingham?
Property crime in Framingham sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live. Theft makes up 41% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades A.
A-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 816 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Framingham as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Framingham scores 816.
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 Framingham, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Framingham, 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 Framingham
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B in Framingham, worse than in the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live, against A- for property crime as a whole.
Car thefts and thefts both run low. In Framingham, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.2 car thefts and 6.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Framingham
Low property crime is the norm across Framingham: 91% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Framingham run from A to C.
91%
A or B 91%C 9%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Framingham?
Reported property crime in Framingham peaked in 2022 and has fallen 24% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 10%.
Property crime, change since 2019
FraminghamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Framingham. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Framingham
Property, US
2016
+8%
+15%
2017
-3%
+12%
2018
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+11%
-8%
2021
+14%
-10%
2022
+28%
-6%
2023
+8%
-7%
2024
-3%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Framingham
CrimeGrade™ estimates Framingham has about 15 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 37% less than the US as a whole and close to Massachusetts.
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 Framingham, about 41% 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 Framingham
Framingham has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Framingham, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 34% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism, aggravated assault.
Property crime in Framingham and nearby cities
Framingham has more property crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Holliston and Sudbury have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Framingham. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Framingham is safer than 56% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Framingham
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Framingham apart: it has 3.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 8 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Framingham: D (12 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 80% of US city residents
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. 67% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 76% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 70% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.31% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% of US city residents
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 Framingham
Property crime costs Framingham about $8.1 million a year, or $112 per resident and about $295 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.5 million
$34
Theft
$2.3 million
$31
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$19
Arson
$47,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$27
Total
$8.1 million
$112
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.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
