Crime in Whitman, Massachusetts
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Whitman at 48% below the U.S. rate per resident: 33% lower for persons crimes and 51% 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 Whitman. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.9 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.1 violent, 6.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Whitman is lower than 44% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 57% 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 Whitman's 10 census block groups for 15,603 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 Whitman.
- 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 Whitman
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 37 and 64.
- 0–5051.2%
- 50–10048.8%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Whitman is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekend daytimes
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.
Whitman against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,404 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Whitman's, and 376 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Whitman's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 3 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Abington (3 mi), is 39% above Whitman's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Whitman
Is Whitman safe?
Whitman's major-crime index is 52, 48% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 44% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 33% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 51% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Whitman?
The model expects about 139 major crimes a year in Whitman, about 8.9 per 1,000 residents, 48% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Whitman?
Expected major crimes in Whitman are down 7.5% from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Whitman?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are theft from vehicle (about 34 a year), other larceny (about 34 a year) and aggravated assault (about 27 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Whitman?
The model expects about 34 thefts from vehicles a year in Whitman, 17% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Whitman?
The model expects about 8 motor vehicle thefts a year in Whitman, 69% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Whitman safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 38 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 79 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 Whitman higher than the Massachusetts average?
Whitman's major-crime index is 52, 29% below the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Whitman compare with Abington?
Abington, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 72, 39% above Whitman's rate per resident. Whitman's is 52.
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. Whitman's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Whitman 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: 15,603. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Whitman, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/whitman
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