Crime in Dudley, Massachusetts
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Dudley at 80% below the U.S. rate per resident: 52% lower for persons crimes and 86% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Dudley. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 3.5 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.5 violent, 2.0 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Dudley is lower than 94% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 96% 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 Dudley's 8 census block groups for 11,997 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 Dudley.
- 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 Dudley
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 13 and 27.
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Every crime type in Dudley is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Social disorder
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.4% 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.
Dudley against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,376 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Dudley's, and 89 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Dudley has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Webster (2 mi), is 3.8 times Dudley's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Dudley
Is Dudley safe?
Dudley's major-crime index is 20, 80% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 94% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 52% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 86% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Dudley?
The model expects about 42 major crimes a year in Dudley, about 3.5 per 1,000 residents, 80% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Dudley?
Expected major crimes in Dudley are down 7.4% from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Dudley?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are aggravated assault (about 14 a year), other larceny (about 8 a year) and burglary (about 6 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Dudley?
The model expects about 2 thefts from vehicles a year in Dudley, 93% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Dudley?
The model expects about 2 motor vehicle thefts a year in Dudley, 88% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Dudley safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 23 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 21 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 Dudley higher than the Massachusetts average?
Dudley's major-crime index is 20, 72% below the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Dudley compare with Webster?
Webster, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 78, 3.8 times Dudley's rate per resident. Dudley's is 20.
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. Dudley's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Dudley 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: 11,997. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Dudley, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/dudley
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