Neighborhood overview

West End, Boston

Recent police-feed safety data for West End in Boston, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Boston police open-data feed.

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Safety Index

West End reports lower per-capita rates than Boston citywide.

  • Violent (persons)

    54 / 100k local

    vs Boston 280 / 100k citywide (-81%)

    reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-84%)

  • Property

    92 / 100k local

    vs Boston 1,997 / 100k citywide (-95%)

    reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (-94%)

~26,028 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 (23 reports in the last 30 days)

  • · property reports flat week-over-week (2 this week, 2 the week before).
  • · society / public-order reports up 1 week-over-week (5 this week, 4 the week before).

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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.