CrimeMetric

Crime in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Major crime in Buzzards Bay is about the U.S. rate per resident: 1.5 times for persons crimes and 12% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
99
about the U.S. rate
35% above the Massachusetts rate
down 7.6% in a year
Persons crimes
150
1.5 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the Massachusetts rate
down 3.6% in a year
Property crimes
88
12% below the U.S. rate
28% above the Massachusetts rate
down 9.0% in a year
Social disorder
169
1.7 times the U.S. rate
2.6 times the Massachusetts rate
down 5.3% 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

Disorderly conduct stands out most, at 2.6 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Buzzards Bay

Buzzards Bay is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 51; the middle half of residents live where it is between 35 and 191.

Map of Buzzards Bay, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5037.1%
  • 50–10024.2%
  • 100–20038.8%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 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 6pm128
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am64
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm117
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am74
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.6% in a year; across Massachusetts it fell 5.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.6%MA -5.7%-10.2%MA -11.5%
Persons crimes-3.6%MA +0.2%+2.7%MA -0.8%
Property crimes-9.0%MA -7.4%-15.1%MA -14.9%
Social disorder-5.3%MA -1.6%-2.6%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

Buzzards Bay against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

398 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Buzzards Bay; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Antlers, OK2,656151
Buzzards Bay, MA2,66599
Hoxie, AR2,66956
Muncy, PA2,67352
Ripley, WV2,66234
Irvine, KY2,66433

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

Nearby places

Buzzards Bay has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Pocasset (4 mi), is 37% below Buzzards Bay's rate.

Falmouth14 mi102
Buzzards Bay99
Pocasset4 mi63
Sandwich6 mi54
Sagamore4 mi46

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

Questions about crime in Buzzards Bay

What are the most common crimes in Buzzards Bay?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 18 a year), aggravated assault (about 11 a year) and burglary (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., disorderly conduct stands out most: 2.6 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. Buzzards Bay's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Buzzards Bay 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: 2,665. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ma/buzzards-bay

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100