Neighborhood overview
Dorchester, Boston
Recent police-feed safety data for Dorchester in Boston, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Boston police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Dorchester reports higher per-capita rates than Boston citywide. Use the cards below to see which category drives the gap.
Violent (persons)
305 / 100k local
vs Boston 208 / 100k citywide (+47%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-7%)
Property
4,005 / 100k local
vs Boston 2,819 / 100k citywide (+42%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+159%)
~64,319 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~175 days · newest report 4/21/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Recent activity (730 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (35% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports down 8 week-over-week (15 this week, 23 the week before).
- · property reports flat week-over-week (53 this week, 53 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports up 7 week-over-week (97 this week, 90 the week before).
- · Most reports in Dorchester occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 35% 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.