Neighborhood overview
Mattapan, Boston
Recent police-feed safety data for Mattapan in Boston, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Boston police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Mattapan reports close to Boston's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
258 / 100k local
vs Boston 208 / 100k citywide (+24%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-21%)
Property
3,046 / 100k local
vs Boston 2,819 / 100k citywide (+8%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+97%)
~50,054 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 (586 reports in the last 30 days)
Most reports cluster in afternoon (12pm–6pm) (34% of the window).
- · violent / persons reports up 1 week-over-week (8 this week, 7 the week before).
- · property reports flat week-over-week (46 this week, 46 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 26 week-over-week (73 this week, 99 the week before).
- · Most reports in Mattapan 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.