Crime in Stoughton, Massachusetts
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Stoughton at 19% below the U.S. rate per resident: 34% lower for persons crimes and 15% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are about flat from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Stoughton. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 14.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.1 violent, 11.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Stoughton is higher than 69% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 52% 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 Stoughton's 19 census block groups for 30,129 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 Stoughton.
- 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 Stoughton
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 47 and 91.
- 0–5035.2%
- 50–10047.7%
- 100–2007.2%
- 200–4009.9%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 47% above 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 0.2% 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.
Stoughton against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
395 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Stoughton's, and 182 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Stoughton's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 1 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Canton (3 mi), is 40% below Stoughton's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Stoughton
Is Stoughton safe?
Stoughton's major-crime index is 81, 19% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 69% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 34% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 15% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Stoughton?
The model expects about 421 major crimes a year in Stoughton, about 14.0 per 1,000 residents, 19% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Stoughton?
Expected major crimes in Stoughton are about flat from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Stoughton?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 141 a year), other larceny (about 135 a year) and aggravated assault (about 48 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Stoughton?
The model expects about 22 thefts from vehicles a year in Stoughton, 72% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Stoughton?
The model expects about 27 motor vehicle thefts a year in Stoughton, 45% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Stoughton safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 57 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 105 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 Stoughton higher than the Massachusetts average?
Stoughton's major-crime index is 81, within 15% of the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Stoughton compare with Canton?
Canton, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 49, 40% below Stoughton's rate per resident. Stoughton's is 81.
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. Stoughton's figures add up its 19 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Stoughton 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: 30,129. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Stoughton, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/stoughton
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