CrimeMetric

Crime in Salisbury, Massachusetts

Major crime in Salisbury is 62% below the U.S. rate per resident: 51% lower for persons crimes and 64% 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
38
62% below the U.S. rate
48% below the Massachusetts rate
down 7.6% in a year
Persons crimes
49
51% below the U.S. rate
49% below the Massachusetts rate
down 4.0% in a year
Property crimes
36
64% below the U.S. rate
47% below the Massachusetts rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
45
55% below the U.S. rate
32% below the Massachusetts rate
down 5.7% 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 Salisbury is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Salisbury 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 Salisbury

Salisbury is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 40; the middle half of residents live where it is between 27 and 46.

Map of Salisbury, 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.
  • 0–5089.6%
  • 50–10010.4%
  • 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 weekend daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm44
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am27
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm49
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am36
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%-11.3%MA -11.5%
Persons crimes-4.0%MA +0.2%+2.5%MA -0.8%
Property crimes-8.7%MA -7.4%-15.4%MA -14.9%
Social disorder-5.7%MA -1.6%-4.0%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

Salisbury against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,665 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Salisbury; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Oxford, PA5,89348
Salisbury, MA5,88038

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

Nearby places

Salisbury has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Amesbury Town (5 mi), is 7% below Salisbury's rate.

Haverhill13 mi62
Salisbury38
Exeter, NH12 mi30
Ipswich11 mi24

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

Questions about crime in Salisbury

What are the most common crimes in Salisbury?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 19 a year), aggravated assault (about 7 a year) and burglary (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 30% 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. Salisbury's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Salisbury 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: 5,880. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100