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Massachusetts school safety

City and district rankings from federal incident data · 2021-22 collection

1,843SCHOOLS

1,726WITH TRUSTED DATA

50RANKED CITIES

Safest ranked cities in Massachusetts

Percentile is against all ranked U.S. cities (higher = safer). Only cities with ≥5 trustworthy-data schools are ranked. Home value is Zillow's ZHVI.

#	CITY	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS	HOME VALUE
1	Woburn	94	10 of 10	$777,989
2	Westwood	94	7 of 8	$1,276,466
3	Weston	94	5 of 5	$2,311,502
4	Wellesley	94	9 of 10	$2,083,642
5	Wayland	94	5 of 5	$1,184,707
6	Wakefield	94	7 of 8	$838,213
7	Stoughton	94	7 of 8	$616,908
8	South Hadley	94	5 of 5	$392,608
9	Somerville	94	10 of 11	$941,330
10	Shrewsbury	94	8 of 9	$708,422
11	Scituate	94	6 of 6	$1,045,500
12	Rockland	94	5 of 5	$568,392
13	Reading	94	8 of 9	$946,735
14	Pembroke	94	5 of 5	$685,409
15	Peabody	94	10 of 11	$710,734
16	Norwell	94	5 of 5	$1,090,196
17	Norton	94	5 of 5	$606,279
18	Northborough	94	6 of 6	$712,713
19	North Easton	94	5 of 5	—
20	North Adams	94	5 of 5	$263,078
21	Newburyport	94	5 of 5	$947,432
22	Natick	94	8 of 8	$914,076
23	Medford	94	7 of 8	$856,375
24	Medfield	94	5 of 5	$1,102,218
25	Marblehead	94	6 of 6	$1,076,150
26	Lexington	94	10 of 11	$1,626,351
27	Hopkinton	94	5 of 6	$977,322
28	Hingham	94	6 of 6	$1,381,375
29	Gloucester	94	7 of 8	$791,623
30	Easthampton	94	6 of 6	$445,296
31	Danvers	94	7 of 7	$749,371
32	Burlington	94	6 of 6	$899,956
33	Amherst	94	5 of 5	$552,869
34	Amesbury	94	5 of 5	$639,492
35	Andover	86	10 of 11	$1,024,404
36	Taunton	85	8 of 11	$528,720
37	Holden	85	5 of 5	$568,520
38	Needham	84	8 of 8	$1,589,517
39	Brookline	83	7 of 10	$1,111,679
40	Melrose	83	8 of 8	$943,928
41	North Attleborough	83	6 of 8	—
42	Marshfield	83	7 of 7	$818,286
43	Worcester	81	48 of 49	$443,387
44	Agawam	81	5 of 6	$377,590
45	Plymouth	80	14 of 15	$665,167
46	Beverly	80	7 of 8	$779,753
47	Concord	80	5 of 5	$1,468,269
48	Methuen	79	5 of 5	$635,202
49	Canton	79	7 of 8	$820,574
50	Framingham	79	11 of 16	$682,124

Safest ranked districts

#	DISTRICT	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS
1	Woburn	90	10 of 10
2	Westwood	90	7 of 8
3	Weston	90	5 of 5
4	Westford	90	9 of 9
5	Wellesley	90	9 of 10
6	Wayland	90	5 of 5
7	Wakefield	90	6 of 7
8	Stoughton	90	7 of 8
9	Institutional Schools	90	5 of 5
10	Somerville	90	10 of 11
11	Shrewsbury	90	8 of 9
12	Scituate	90	6 of 6
13	Rockland	90	5 of 5
14	Reading	90	8 of 9
15	Pentucket	90	6 of 6
16	Pembroke	90	5 of 5
17	Peabody	90	10 of 11
18	Norton	90	5 of 5
19	Northborough	90	5 of 5
20	Natick	90	8 of 8
21	Medford	90	7 of 8
22	Medfield	90	5 of 5
23	Marblehead	90	5 of 5
24	Lexington	90	9 of 10
25	Hopkinton	90	5 of 6

Every Massachusetts city with schools

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