The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Nantucket, MA: Crime Maps and Statistics

C+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	C
Other Crime Grade	B+

Which crimes are included?

$5.74 million

Cost of Crime™ for Nantucket, MA

In 2025, crime will cost $1,075 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Nantucket with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Nantucket, MA Safe?

The C+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Nantucket's combined rate is about the same as the norm. Nantucket sits in the 47th percentile, ahead of 47% of cities and behind 53%. The grade covers only Nantucket's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Nantucket is 25.08 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 15 in the north neighborhoods to 1 in 61 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of Nantucket, MA report the most crime, about 113 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 12 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Nantucket, MA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Nantucket for 2025 is $5,739,906, about $365 per resident and $1,075 per household. That equals 0.5% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 56.2%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 32.2%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.5%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Nantucket Compared to Other Cities?

Nantucket, MA:	$365
Provincetown, MA:	$798
East Sandwich, MA:	$119
Massachusetts:	$274
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Nantucket is $365 per year, which is $99 less than the national average and $91 more than Massachusetts's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Nantucket:

In Provincetown, MA, crime costs $798 per person, which is $433 more than in Nantucket.
In East Sandwich, MA, crime costs $119 per person, which is $247 less than in Nantucket

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Nantucket for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Nantucket	Cost per Nantucket Resident
Murder	$815,309	$52
Rape/Sexual Assault	$481,554	$31
Robbery	$143,631	$9
Assault	$2.17 million	$138
Kidnapping	$161,493	$10
Vehicle Theft	$167,076	$11
Burglary	$256,076	$16
Theft	$961,823	$61
Arson	$25,405	$2
Vandalism	$336,971	$21
Animal Cruelty	$3,101	$0
Drug Crimes	$150,772	$10
Identity Theft	$71,697	$5
Total Cost of Crime	$5,739,906	$365

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Nantucket, MA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Nantucket totals $8,339,580 ($531 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $14,079,487 ($896 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The north part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Nantucket has 25, do the same, and of Nantucket's 15,708 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Nantucket Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Nantucket residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.799
Robbery	0.2907
Rape	0.5056
Murder	0.0276
Total Violent Crime	5.623 (D-)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	11.82
Vehicle Theft	0.6869
Burglary	1.797
Arson	0.0670
Total Property Crime	14.37 (C)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.1696
Drug Crimes	1.298
Vandalism	3.003
Identity Theft	0.5897
Animal Cruelty	0.0267
Total "Other" Rate	5.086 (B+)

Individual Nantucket Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Nantucket is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Nantucket.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Surfside, MA	B-	D+	C+
Shawkemo, MA	D	F	D
Quaise, MA	D	F	D
Siasconset, MA	A	D	A+
Quidnet, MA	D	F	D
Katama, MA	C-	D+	D+
Edgartown, MA	B-	D+	C+
Dennis Port, MA	B+	C-	B+
Oak Bluffs, MA	A	B+	A-
West Dennis, MA	A-	C+	A-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Nantucket is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Fredonia, NY	C+	D	D
Sugar Grove, IL	A	A	A
Garden City, GA	F	D-	D-
Garden Acres, CA	D	F	F
Gantt, SC	F	F	F
Gallipolis, OH	C	C+	C+
Freeport, TX	D-	D-	D-
Freeport, FL	A+	A+	A+
Freeland, MI	A	B+	B+
Swanton, OH	B+	C+	C+

Considering only the crime rate, Nantucket is less safe than the Massachusetts state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Nantucket, MA average SchoolGrade of C, with 37% actual proficiency versus 47% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Nantucket schools on SchoolGrade

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