Murders in Massachusetts

Murders in Massachusetts was 102 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 21.5% from 2024. That is the 34th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count102

Change on 2024-21.5%

Rank34th of 51US states ranked

Series high2541989

Series low1022025

Next release: Saturday, 14 August 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Murders in Massachusetts, 1979 to 2025

count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.

All 47 values

Period	count
2025	102
2024	130
2023	150
2022	150
2021	134
2020	160
2019	153
2018	138
2017	172
2016	135
2015	131
2014	133
2013	138
2012	121
2011	184
2010	214
2009	173
2008	166
2007	187
2006	188
2005	178
2004	171
2003	140
2002	173
2001	143
2000	125
1999	122
1998	124
1997	119
1996	157
1995	217
1994	214
1993	233
1992	214
1991	249
1990	243
1989	254
1988	208
1987	173
1986	208
1985	202
1984	211
1983	203
1982	219
1981	210
1980	232
1979	212

Compared with United States

Place	2025
Massachusetts	102
United States	14,085

Massachusetts compared with nearby places

Under 30
30 to 100
100 to 180
180 to 330
330 to 470
470 and over

Murders, 2025, count. Massachusetts is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by murders 51 places

Definition

Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, Massachusetts, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

MLA 9

FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, Massachusetts, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/massachusetts. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, Massachusetts, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/massachusetts.

Harvard

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, Massachusetts, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/massachusetts (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{federal_murders_massachusetts_2025,
  author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, Massachusetts, 1979 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/massachusetts. Publisher attribution: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/\#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}

RIS

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

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254 in 1989, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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