Crime in Auburn, Massachusetts
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The model puts major crime in Auburn at 19% below the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 22% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.2% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Auburn. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 14.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (3.1 violent, 10.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Auburn is higher than 69% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 52% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Auburn's 14 census block groups for 17,854 residents. How Massachusetts residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 98.4%, summary counts only for 0.2% and no reporting agency of their own for 1.3% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Auburn.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Auburn
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 34 and 116.
- 0–5042.2%
- 50–10016.5%
- 100–20031.5%
- 200–4009.7%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.5 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.2% in a year; across Massachusetts it fell 5.7%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Massachusetts in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Auburn against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
801 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Auburn's, and 363 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Auburn's major-crime index is higher than 6, lower than 1 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Millbury (4 mi), is within 15% of Auburn's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Auburn
Is Auburn safe?
Auburn's major-crime index is 82, 19% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 69% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are about the U.S. rate, and property crimes 22% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Auburn?
The model expects about 250 major crimes a year in Auburn, about 14.0 per 1,000 residents, 19% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Auburn?
Expected major crimes in Auburn are down 7.2% from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Auburn?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 86 a year), other larceny (about 65 a year) and aggravated assault (about 48 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Auburn?
The model expects about 16 thefts from vehicles a year in Auburn, 67% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Auburn?
The model expects about 10 motor vehicle thefts a year in Auburn, 64% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Auburn safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 50 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 110 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Auburn higher than the Massachusetts average?
Auburn's major-crime index is 82, within 15% of the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Auburn compare with Millbury?
Millbury, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 93, within 15% of Auburn's rate per resident. Auburn's is 82.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Auburn's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Auburn has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 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: 17,854. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Auburn, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/auburn
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