Neighborhood overview
Leather District, Boston
Recent police-feed safety data for Leather District in Boston, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2023 national average. Sourced directly from the Boston police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Leather District reports lower per-capita rates than Boston citywide.
Violent (persons)
0 / 100k local
vs Boston 364 / 100k citywide (-100%)
reference: FBI 379.5 / 100k national (-100%)
Property
100 / 100k local
vs Boston 1,752 / 100k citywide (-94%)
reference: FBI 1,934.1 / 100k national (-95%)
~2,603 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023-2024) · window ~140 days · newest report Apr 21, 2026 · FBI UCR national rate per 100k (2023 revised, per CIUS 2024)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~140-day data window with 1 incidents — read the grade as provisional; a longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (9 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (33% of the window).
- · property reports flat week-over-week (1 this week, 1 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports flat week-over-week (1 this week, 1 the week before).
- · Most reports in Leather District occur during afternoon (12pm-6pm) — 33% 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. These scores should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.