Hull is a town of 10,100 in Plymouth County, about 11 miles southeast of downtown Boston · Updated November 2026
Is Hull, MA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Hull is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Hull sits near the middle: 56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map and the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 865 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hull as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hull scores 865.
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 Hull, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hull, 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 Hull
Thefts are uncommon. Hull has thefts at less than half the US rate: 4.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
How neighborhoods in Hull compare
Every part of Hull where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hull run from A to A-; 92% 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.
1Stony Beach & Allerton, northwestClose to the rest of Hull on most crimes.A880
2Nantasket Beach, southeastClose to the rest of Hull on most crimes.A865
3Kenberma & Waveland, centralThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Hull.A-839
Neighborhood areas of Hull, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Hull?
Reported crime in Hull has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 38% and property crime down 40%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.7 to 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 7.8 to 4.7 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 34%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HullUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hull. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hull
Violent, US
Property, Hull
Property, US
2016
-46%
+4%
-0%
+15%
2017
-41%
+4%
-3%
+12%
2018
-24%
+0%
+19%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+0%
+4%
-9%
-8%
2021
+15%
+6%
+1%
-10%
2022
-51%
+5%
-18%
-6%
2023
-52%
+2%
-8%
-7%
2024
-38%
-4%
-40%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hull
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hull has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 46% less than the US as a whole and 25% 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 Hull, about 38% 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.
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 Hull
Hull has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Other places (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
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 Hull compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Hull, 7 have less crime. North Scituate and Black Rock have the least.
Two things set Hull apart: it has 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, and theft runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 82% 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+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of US city residents
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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
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 67% 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.20% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 58% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Hull 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 Hull
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hull about $466 a year per household, 61% 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 $6.8 million a year, or $670 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$69,000
$7
Rape
$160,000
$15
Robbery
$24,000
$2
Assault
$1.1 million
$111
Burglary
$54,000
$5
Theft
$250,000
$24
Vehicle theft
$58,000
$6
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$450,000
$45
Total
$2.2 million
$217
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 Hull 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. Hull 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 Hull, MA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 67% of students test proficient, against 63% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Hull on SchoolGrade
