CrimeMetric

Crime in Abington, Massachusetts

Major crime in Abington is 28% below the U.S. rate per resident: 45% lower for persons crimes and 24% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
72
28% below the U.S. rate
about the Massachusetts rate
down 8.0% in a year
Persons crimes
55
45% below the U.S. rate
43% below the Massachusetts rate
down 4.5% in a year
Property crimes
76
24% below the U.S. rate
11% above the Massachusetts rate
down 8.6% in a year
Social disorder
44
56% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Massachusetts rate
down 5.8% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.8 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Abington for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Abington

The middle half of Abington residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 36 and 55; the typical (median) resident's is 51. The citywide figure (72) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Abington, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5043.6%
  • 50–10041.9%
  • 100–2008.8%
  • 200–4005.7%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm88
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am55
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm86
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am50
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across Massachusetts it fell 5.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.0%MA -5.7%-13.3%MA -11.5%
Persons crimes-4.5%MA +0.2%-1.5%MA -0.8%
Property crimes-8.6%MA -7.4%-15.2%MA -14.9%
Social disorder-5.8%MA -1.6%-6.1%MA -4.6%

Change in expected crimes, with Massachusetts as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Abington against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

1,065 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Abington; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Live Oak, CA17,174108
Abington, MA17,20772
Tiffin, OH17,22660
Bethpage, NY17,22850

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Abington has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Holbrook (3 mi), is about Abington's rate.

Brockton4 mi128
Holbrook3 mi76
Abington72
Hingham9 mi49

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Abington

What are the most common crimes in Abington?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 99 a year), other larceny (about 48 a year) and aggravated assault (about 23 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 1.8 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Abington's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Abington has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 17,207. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Abington, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ma/abington

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100