Is Brighton Safe? Crime & Safety Data

Over the last 12 months, 817 crimes were reported near the center of Brighton — about 57.4 per 1,000 residents per year, above the citywide rate of 43.3. There are also 30 traffic crashes in the same window and 14 open building violations on record nearby.

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By the numbers · Brighton

817

Crimes (12 mo)

+32%vs city rate (57.4 vs 43.3 per 1k)

Traffic crashes (12 mo)

-63%vs city avg 81

Open violations

-7%vs city avg 15

Crime is compared per resident (rate); counts are totals for the area. Other figures are compared to the average Boston neighborhood.

Incident map · Brighton

Breakdown · Brighton

Most common crimes in Brighton

Theft From Building
133
Vandalism
67
Simple Assault
55
Fraud - False Pretense / Scheme
50
Other Theft
43
Other
469

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Theft From Building133
Vandalism67
Simple Assault55
Fraud - False Pretense / Scheme

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How much crime is there in Brighton?

Over the last 12 months, 817 crimes were reported near the center of Brighton — about 57.4 per 1,000 residents per year, above the citywide rate of 43.3.

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Crimes cover an approximate half-mile area around the center of Brighton (the crime and permit datasets aren't tagged by neighborhood, so we use a consistent radius), over the last 12 months. Crime is compared per resident (rate), so a large, busy area can have a high total but an average or below-average rate; crash and violation counts are compared to the average Boston neighborhood. Source: City of Boston open data (Analyze Boston). The Boston Police incident feed lists one offense per incident and contains no sexual-assault offense category, so those reports are not counted here; about 3% of incidents carry no location and cannot be mapped. Other agencies police Logan Airport (Massachusetts State Police), MBTA stations and trains (Transit Police), state reservations and most college campuses (their own police departments), and their incidents are not in this feed. These counts understate reported crime. Boston’s crash records list the date, location and mode (vehicle, pedestrian or bicycle) but publish no injury or fatality counts, so crash figures count recorded crashes only and say nothing about whether anyone was hurt. Open data updates on a delay, so the most recent records may be incomplete. For general information only — not legal, financial, or real-estate advice.