Crime in Town of Nantucket, Massachusetts
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The model puts major crime in Town of Nantucket at 29% below the U.S. rate per resident: 35% lower for persons crimes and 27% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Town of Nantucket and from local police incident records. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 12.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.0 violent, 10.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Town of Nantucket is higher than 61% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 45% 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 Town of Nantucket's 12 census block groups for 14,831 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 Town of Nantucket.
- 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 Town of Nantucket
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 29 and 87.
- 0–5062.0%
- 50–10030.9%
- 100–2003.5%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+3.7%
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Intimidation stands out most, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.5% 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.
Town of Nantucket against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
981 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Town of Nantucket's, and 367 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Town of Nantucket's major-crime index is higher than 4 and within 15% of 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Nantucket (under 1 mi), is within 15% of Town of Nantucket's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Town of Nantucket
Is Town of Nantucket safe?
Town of Nantucket's major-crime index is 71, 29% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 61% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 35% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 27% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Town of Nantucket?
The model expects about 182 major crimes a year in Town of Nantucket, about 12.3 per 1,000 residents, 29% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Town of Nantucket?
Expected major crimes in Town of Nantucket are down 7.5% from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Town of Nantucket?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 109 a year), aggravated assault (about 23 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 13 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Town of Nantucket?
The model expects about 13 thefts from vehicles a year in Town of Nantucket, 67% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Town of Nantucket?
The model expects about 9 motor vehicle thefts a year in Town of Nantucket, 63% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Town of Nantucket safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 49 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 96 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 Town of Nantucket higher than the Massachusetts average?
Town of Nantucket's major-crime index is 71, about the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Town of Nantucket compare with Nantucket?
Nantucket, under a mile away, has a major-crime index of 77, within 15% of Town of Nantucket's rate per resident. Town of Nantucket's is 71.
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. Town of Nantucket's figures add up its 12 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Town of Nantucket's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 14,831. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Town of Nantucket, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/town-of-nantucket
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