The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Everett, MA
Everett is a city of 50,100 in Middlesex County, about 4 miles north of downtown Boston · Updated November 2026
Is Everett, MA safe?
Crime in Everett is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Everett. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Everett run from A to C-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 756 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Everett as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Everett scores 756.
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 Everett, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Everett, 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 Everett
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B- in Everett, worse than in the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
Burglaries and simple assaults both run low. In Everett, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.2 burglaries and 5.1 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Everett
Low crime is the norm across Everett: 70% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Everett run from A to C-; 6% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
70%30%
A or B 70%C 30%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Everett, the southwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Everett?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Everett is down 36%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.4 to 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 13 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
EverettUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Everett. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Everett
Violent, US
Property, Everett
Property, US
2016
-37%
+4%
+8%
+15%
2017
-39%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
-30%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-32%
+4%
+3%
-8%
2021
-46%
+6%
-13%
-10%
2022
-37%
+5%
-2%
-6%
2023
-30%
+2%
-2%
-7%
2024
-36%
-4%
-2%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Everett
CrimeGrade™ estimates Everett has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% 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 makes up about 41% of crime reported in Everett. Assault is less common but 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 Everett
Everett has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Everett, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 38% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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 Everett compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Everett, 7 have less crime. Melrose and Saugus have the least.
Density, walkability and night lighting in Everett
Two things set Everett apart: it has 95% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of B+ (68 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, and car theft runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.95% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% 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. 55% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (68 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Everett: C (33 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 75% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Everett 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 Everett
Crime costs Everett about $873 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% 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 $46 million a year, or $919 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$800,000
$16
Rape
$1.5 million
$30
Robbery
$380,000
$8
Assault
$6.0 million
$119
Burglary
$550,000
$11
Theft
$2.9 million
$57
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$26
Arson
$52,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$30
Total
$15 million
$298
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 Everett 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. Everett 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
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 Everett, MA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 28% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Everett on SchoolGrade
