Methuen Town, MA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

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

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$9.19 million

Cost of Crime™ for Methuen Town, MA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $459 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Methuen Town 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 C grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Methuen Town against the average US city, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Methuen Town sits in the 40th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 40% of cities and behind 60%. The grade covers only Methuen Town's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Methuen Town is 3.379 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the north part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 246 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 354 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Methuen Town, MA report the most violent crime, about 35 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 1 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Methuen Town, MA

The tangible cost of violent crime in Methuen Town is projected at $9,190,713 for 2025, about $163 per resident and $459 per household. That equals 0.4% 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): 45.5%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 40.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.0%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Methuen Town Compared to Other Cities?

Methuen Town, MA:	$163
Provincetown, MA:	$472
East Sandwich, MA:	$59
Massachusetts:	$155
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $163 per resident each year in Methuen Town, which is $96 less than the national average and $8 more than Massachusetts's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Methuen Town:

In Provincetown, MA, crime costs $472 per person, which is $309 more than in Methuen Town.
In East Sandwich, MA, crime costs $59 per person, which is $104 less than in Methuen Town

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Methuen Town	Cost per Methuen Town Resident
Murder	$2.79 million	$49
Rape/Sexual Assault	$1.69 million	$30
Robbery	$779,937	$14
Assault	$3.93 million	$70
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$9,190,713	$163

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Methuen Town, 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 Methuen Town totals $28,060,308 ($497 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $37,251,022 ($659 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Methuen Town, 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 northeast part of the city 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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Methuen Town Violent Crime Breakdown

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

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	2.421
Robbery	0.4390
Rape	0.4930
Murder	0.0263
Total Violent Crime	3.379 (C)

Individual Methuen Town Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Methuen Town is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Methuen Town.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Lawrence, MA	B-	D+	B-
Methuen, MA	B-	B-	C
Salem, NH	C+	A	C+
North Andover, MA	B	C+	B-
Andover, MA	A-	B	A-
Haverhill, MA	B+	C-	B+
Pelham, NH	A-	A+	A
Dracut, MA	B+	C+	B
Groveland, MA	A+	A	A+
Atkinson, NH	A	A	A

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Methuen Town is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent 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
Union, NJ	B-	B+	B+
Greensburg, PA	B+	A-	A-
Hoffman Estates, IL	B-	A-	A-
Winter Garden, FL	A-	B+	B+
West Sacramento, CA	D+	D	D
West Chester, OH	B-	A	A
Logan, UT	C+	C+	C+
Webster, NY	A-	A	A
Vero Beach, FL	A	A-	A-
Greenwood, SC	D-	D-	D-

Considering only the violent crime rate, Methuen Town is as safe as the Massachusetts state average and safer than the national average.

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