Crime in Norwell, Massachusetts
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Norwell at 73% below the U.S. rate per resident: 78% lower for persons crimes and 73% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Norwell. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 4.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.7 violent, 3.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Norwell is lower than 86% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 89% 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 Norwell's 7 census block groups for 11,620 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 Norwell.
- 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 Norwell
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 12 and 21.
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- 100–20011.0%
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Every crime type in Norwell is near or below 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 7.9% 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.
Norwell against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,188 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Norwell's, and 189 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Norwell's major-crime index is lower than 6 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Hanover (3 mi), is 1.9 times Norwell's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Norwell
Is Norwell safe?
Norwell's major-crime index is 27, 73% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 86% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 78% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 73% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Norwell?
The model expects about 53 major crimes a year in Norwell, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents, 73% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Norwell?
Expected major crimes in Norwell are down 7.9% from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Norwell?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 20 a year), shoplifting (about 16 a year) and aggravated assault (about 6 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Norwell?
The model expects about 2 thefts from vehicles a year in Norwell, 92% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Norwell?
The model expects about 2 motor vehicle thefts a year in Norwell, 87% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Norwell safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 17 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 39 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 Norwell higher than the Massachusetts average?
Norwell's major-crime index is 27, 64% below the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Norwell compare with Hanover?
Hanover, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 51, 1.9 times Norwell's rate per resident. Norwell's is 27.
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. Norwell's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Norwell 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: 11,620. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Norwell, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/norwell
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