The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hyde Park, MA
Hyde Park is a city of 38,900 in Suffolk County, about 8 miles southwest of downtown Boston · Updated November 2026
Is Hyde Park, MA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Hyde Park has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hyde Park run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 660 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hyde Park as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hyde Park scores 660.
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 Hyde Park, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hyde Park, 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 Hyde Park
Burglaries are less common than in most B-graded cities. Hyde Park has 1.0 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hyde Park, 52% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hyde Park
Most of Hyde Park grades well: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Hyde Park run from A- to C; 3% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%19%
A or B 81%C 19%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hyde Park, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Hyde Park?
Reported crime in Hyde Park has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is up 1% and property crime up 1%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 6.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 20 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Hyde ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hyde Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hyde Park
Violent, US
Property, Hyde Park
Property, US
2016
+14%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
+8%
+4%
+6%
+12%
2018
+2%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
+4%
+0%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
+0%
+5%
-9%
-6%
2023
-0%
+2%
-3%
-7%
2024
+0%
-4%
+1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hyde Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hyde Park has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and 31% more 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Hyde Park is assault, about 48% 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 Hyde Park
The Boston Police Department polices Hyde Park; these figures cover Boston as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Boston as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
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 Hyde Park compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Hyde Park, 7 have less crime. Chestnut Hill and Westwood have the least.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Hyde Park
Two things set Hyde Park apart: it has 4.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 73% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% 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
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. 64% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 80% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.73% of residentsUS: 24%Higher 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.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% of US city residents
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 Hyde Park: C (33 of 100).17 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 90% 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 Hyde Park
Crime costs Hyde Park about $1,147 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $48 million a year, or $1,243 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.3 million
$58
Rape
$380,000
$10
Robbery
$880,000
$23
Assault
$7.4 million
$191
Burglary
$360,000
$9
Theft
$2.2 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$590,000
$15
Arson
$26,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$32
Total
$15 million
$395
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 Hyde Park 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
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 Hyde Park, MA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 34% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Hyde Park on SchoolGrade
