The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Beverly, MA
Beverly is a city of 42,500 in Essex County, about 17 miles northeast of downtown Boston · Updated November 2026
Is Beverly, MA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Beverly has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 924 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Beverly as a whole, and 24% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Beverly scores 924.
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 Beverly, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Beverly, 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 Beverly
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Beverly, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.51 car thefts and 0.50 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Beverly
Every part of Beverly where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Beverly run from A+ to A-; 96% 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 Beverly, the east side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Beverly?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Beverly is up 44% and property crime is down 16%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.2 to 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 4.9 to 4.1 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 27% and property crime fell 24%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BeverlyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Beverly. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Beverly
Violent, US
Property, Beverly
Property, US
2016
+35%
+4%
+63%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
+15%
+12%
2018
-14%
+0%
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+22%
+4%
-21%
-8%
2021
-4%
+6%
-0%
-10%
2022
-13%
+5%
-0%
-6%
2023
+13%
+2%
+10%
-7%
2024
+44%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Beverly
CrimeGrade™ estimates Beverly has about 13 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 65% less than the US as a whole and 52% less than 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Beverly, about 41% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
The Beverly Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of aggravated assault and theft; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Beverly
Beverly has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
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 Beverly compares with nearby cities
Beverly has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Walkability, empty homes and parking lots in Beverly
Two things set Beverly apart: it has a Walk Grade of C (36 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 3.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Even so, 56% of residents in Beverly live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Very walkable places tend to report more theft and assault, yet theft and assault run lower here than that would suggest.
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.C (36 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 79% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.57 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% 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.34% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Beverly on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Beverly
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Beverly about $377 a year per household, 69% 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 $21 million a year, or $499 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$300,000
$7
Rape
$500,000
$12
Robbery
$93,000
$2
Assault
$3.4 million
$80
Burglary
$190,000
$4
Theft
$980,000
$23
Vehicle theft
$330,000
$8
Arson
$16,000
under $1
Vandalism
$530,000
$13
Total
$6.3 million
$149
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 Beverly 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 Beverly, MA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 52% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Beverly on SchoolGrade
