Corky Row is a neighborhood of 2,200 residents in Fall River, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Corky Row in Fall River safe?
Crime in Corky Row is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of D+. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 90% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Corky Row. Violent crime grades C- and property crime F. Fall River as a whole grades B.
D+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 236 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Corky Row as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Corky Row scores 236.
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 Corky Row, Fall River, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Corky Row in Fall River, 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 Corky Row
Aggravated assaults run high. Corky Row has aggravated assaults at more than triple the US rate: 9.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Fall River as a whole, 42% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Corky Row
CrimeGrade™ estimates Corky Row has about 76 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 67% more than Fall River as a whole.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Corky Row is assault, about 56% of the total. It also makes up 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.
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 Fall River
The Fall River Police Department polices Corky Row; these figures cover Fall River as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fall River as a whole, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
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 Corky Row compares with nearby neighborhoods
Corky Row has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Crime costs Corky Row about $1,475 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 22% more 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 $7.0 million a year, or $3,161 per resident.
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 Corky Row 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 Corky Row, Fall River, MA average a SchoolGrade of F: 16% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Corky Row on SchoolGrade
