The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Attleboro, MA
Attleboro is a city of 46,800 in Bristol County, about 9 miles northeast of downtown Providence · Updated November 2026
Is Attleboro, MA safe?
Yes, crime in Attleboro is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Attleboro sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Attleboro run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 847 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Attleboro as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Attleboro scores 847.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Attleboro, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Attleboro, 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 in Attleboro
Aggravated assaults run high for an A-graded city. Attleboro has 2.1 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
Car thefts are uncommon. Attleboro has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 0.87 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Attleboro
Every part of Attleboro where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Attleboro run from A+ to B; 69% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Attleboro, the southeast side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Attleboro?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Attleboro is down 19%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.0 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 6.9 to 6.7 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AttleboroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Attleboro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Attleboro
Violent, US
Property, Attleboro
Property, US
2016
-24%
+4%
+52%
+15%
2017
+11%
+4%
+16%
+12%
2018
-9%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+8%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
+7%
-10%
2022
-5%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
-9%
+2%
-5%
-7%
2024
-18%
-4%
-3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Attleboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Attleboro has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% less than the US as a whole and close to Massachusetts.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Attleboro, about 48% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Attleboro
Attleboro has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Attleboro, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 63% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (63%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (70%)
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.
How Attleboro compares with nearby cities
Attleboro has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Rehoboth and Cumberland, RI have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Attleboro
Attleboro looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.79% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 66% 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 and assault. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 58% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.40 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 54% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.17% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 52% 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 crime costs Attleboro
Crime costs Attleboro about $700 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 42% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $33 million a year, or $704 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$770,000
$16
Rape
$460,000
$10
Robbery
$410,000
$9
Assault
$5.2 million
$110
Burglary
$490,000
$10
Theft
$3.5 million
$74
Vehicle theft
$620,000
$13
Arson
$52,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$30
Total
$13 million
$274
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Attleboro means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Attleboro, MA average a SchoolGrade of C+: 43% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Attleboro on SchoolGrade
