CrimeMetric

Crime in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Major crime in Ipswich is 76% below the U.S. rate per resident: 73% lower for persons crimes and 77% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
24
76% below the U.S. rate
68% below the Massachusetts rate
down 7.8% in a year
Persons crimes
27
73% below the U.S. rate
72% below the Massachusetts rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
23
77% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Massachusetts rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
19
81% below the U.S. rate
71% 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

Every crime type in Ipswich is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Ipswich 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 Ipswich

Ipswich is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 16; the middle half of residents live where it is between 15 and 40.

Map of Ipswich, 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.
  • 0–50100.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 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 6pm31
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am18
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm20
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am18
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.8% in a year; across Massachusetts it fell 5.7%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.8%MA -5.7%-11.0%MA -11.5%
Persons crimes-4.4%MA +0.2%+1.4%MA -0.8%
Property crimes-8.7%MA -7.4%-14.2%MA -14.9%
Social disorder-5.8%MA -1.6%-4.8%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

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

1,626 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Ipswich; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Bayshore, NC4,128188
Throop, PA4,13244
Ipswich, MA4,13224

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

Nearby places

Ipswich has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Beverly (8 mi), is 37% above Ipswich's rate.

Danvers9 mi88
Salem12 mi64
Peabody12 mi49
Salisbury11 mi38
Beverly8 mi32
Marblehead13 mi31
Ipswich24
Rockport11 mi17

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

Questions about crime in Ipswich

What are the most common crimes in Ipswich?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 9 a year), aggravated assault (about 3 a year) and burglary (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 58% below 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. Ipswich's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Ipswich 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: 4,132. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100