The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Milford, MA
Milford is a town of 30,100 in Worcester County, about 16 miles southeast of downtown Worcester · Updated November 2026
Is Milford, MA safe?
Yes, crime in Milford is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Milford sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Milford run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 864 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Milford as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Milford scores 864.
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 Milford, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Milford, 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 Milford
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B in Milford, worse than in the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Burglary runs low. Milford has 0.76 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.4.
The safest and least safe parts of Milford
Every part of Milford where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Milford run from A+ to B+; 72% 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 Milford, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Milford?
Reported crime in Milford has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 74% and property crime up 51%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 6.0 to 9.1 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 52%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MilfordUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Milford. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Milford
Violent, US
Property, Milford
Property, US
2016
+45%
+4%
+102%
+15%
2017
+21%
+4%
+77%
+12%
2018
+27%
+0%
+34%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-18%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-0%
-10%
2022
-8%
+5%
+14%
-6%
2023
+69%
+2%
-1%
-7%
2024
+74%
-4%
+51%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Milford
CrimeGrade™ estimates Milford has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 16% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Milford is assault, about 42% 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 Milford
Milford has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Milford, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 70% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 Milford compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Milford, 8 have less crime. Holliston and Medway have the least.
One thing sets Milford apart: it has 3.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 77% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 74% 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 66% 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.22% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Milford 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 Milford
Crime costs Milford about $675 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 44% 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 $25 million a year, or $826 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$650,000
$22
Rape
$940,000
$31
Robbery
$170,000
$6
Assault
$3.5 million
$116
Burglary
$200,000
$7
Theft
$1.2 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$260,000
$9
Arson
$33,000
$1
Vandalism
$680,000
$23
Total
$7.6 million
$254
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 Milford 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 Milford, MA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 54% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Milford on SchoolGrade
