Neighborhood overview
East Boston, Boston
Recent police-feed safety data for East Boston in Boston, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Boston police open-data feed.
Safety Index
East Boston reports lower per-capita rates than Boston citywide.
Violent (persons)
71 / 100k local
vs Boston 208 / 100k citywide (-66%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-78%)
Property
1,366 / 100k local
vs Boston 2,819 / 100k citywide (-52%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (-12%)
~67,634 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 (343 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (34% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports up 3 week-over-week (6 this week, 3 the week before).
- · property reports down 2 week-over-week (28 this week, 30 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 2 week-over-week (46 this week, 48 the week before).
- · Most reports in East Boston occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 34% 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.