Neighborhood overview
Brighton, Boston
Recent police-feed safety data for Brighton in Boston, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Boston police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Brighton reports below Boston's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
95 / 100k local
vs Boston 280 / 100k citywide (-66%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-71%)
Property
1,562 / 100k local
vs Boston 1,997 / 100k citywide (-22%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+1%)
~38,263 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~182 days · newest report 4/21/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Recent activity (266 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (41% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports down 5 week-over-week (0 this week, 5 the week before).
- · property reports down 3 week-over-week (22 this week, 25 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports flat week-over-week (34 this week, 34 the week before).
- · Most reports in Brighton occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 41% of the past 30 days landed in that window.
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.