Cushing Square, Belmont, MA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

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Violent Crime Grade	A
Property Crime Grade	A
Other Crime Grade	B-

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$1.05 million

Cost of Crime™ for Cushing Square, Belmont, MA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $405 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Cushing Square with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The A grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Cushing Square against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is much lower than the norm. Cushing Square sits in the 87th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 87% of neighborhoods and behind 13%. The grade covers only Cushing Square's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The violent crime rate in Cushing Square is 2.278 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the north part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 346 in the northeast areas to 1 in 560 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of Cushing Square, Belmont, MA report the most violent crime, about 2 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 1 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Cushing Square, Belmont, MA

The tangible cost of violent crime in Cushing Square is projected at $1,050,046 for 2025, about $160 per resident and $405 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 42.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 43.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.0%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Cushing Square Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Cushing Square, Belmont, MA:	$160
Central, Boston, MA:	$396
Whittenton, Taunton, MA:	$107
Massachusetts:	$155
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $160 per resident each year in Cushing Square, which is $98 less than the national average and $5 more than Belmont's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Cushing Square:

In Central, Boston, MA, crime costs $396 per person, which is $236 more than in Cushing Square.
In Whittenton, Taunton, MA, crime costs $107 per person, which is $52 less than in Cushing Square

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Cushing Square, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Cushing Square	Cost per Cushing Square Resident
Murder	$514,878	$78
Rape/Sexual Assault	$204,104	$31
Robbery	$66,491	$10
Assault	$264,572	$40
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$1,050,046	$160

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Cushing Square, Belmont, MA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Cushing Square totals $4,489,927 ($684 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $5,539,973 ($843 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Cushing Square, Belmont, MA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the south part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Cushing Square Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Cushing Square residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.402
Robbery	0.3218
Rape	0.5124
Murder	0.0417
Total Violent Crime	2.278 (A)

Individual Cushing Square Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of violent crime in Cushing Square is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Cushing Square.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Waverley Square, Belmont, MA	A	A	A
Strawberry Hill, Cambridge, MA	B+	B+	A
East Watertown, Watertown Town, MA	B+	B-	B+
Bemis, Watertown Town, MA	A-	B	A
Warrendale, Waltham, MA	A-	A-	A
West Cambridge, Cambridge, MA	C	C-	C
Faneuil, Brighton, MA	A-	B-	A
Nonantum, Newton, MA	A-	A-	A-
North Cambridge, Cambridge, MA	B+	B-	A-
Newton Corner, Newton, MA	A	A	A

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Cushing Square is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
The Woods at Mill Valley, Marysville, OH	A+	A+	A+
Downtown Annapolis, Annapolis, MD	F	D-	D-
Natomas Creek, Sacramento, CA	A+	A	A
Platt Park, Denver, CO	D	C-	C-
Reservoir, Little Rock, AR	D+	D	D
Rosedale, Kansas City, KS	D	D+	D+
South Lorain, Lorain, OH	C-	C	C
South Los Altos, Los Altos, CA	A	A-	A-
South Modesto Acres, Modesto, CA	B-	C-	C-
Southeast Como, Minneapolis, MN	F	D-	D-

Considering only the violent crime rate, Cushing Square is safer than the Massachusetts state average and safer than the national average.

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