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Data through September 2026, Boston Police Department

Crime in Dorchester, Boston

The violent crime rate in Dorchester is 1,308 per 100,000 residents per year, 26% above Boston as a whole (1,041). It ranks 7 of 23 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

1,308 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,588 reported in the last 12 months

+26% vs. Boston (1,041)

Property crime

2,755 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,344 reported in the last 12 months

+23% vs. Boston (2,236)

All reported

4,564 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,540 reported in the last 12 months

+24% vs. Boston (3,676)

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 121,396 for Dorchester. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Dorchester sits in Boston

rank 7 of 23
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Dorchester is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 7 of 23. Nearby in the ranking: Chinatown (1,412), Back Bay (1,365), Mattapan (1,202), South Boston Waterfront (1,028).

Violent crime, month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
Violent crimes in Dorchester by month
MonthViolent crimes in Dorchester
Oct 2025149
Nov 2025112
Dec 2025102
Jan 202696
Feb 2026119
Mar 2026126
Apr 2026127
May 2026162
Jun 2026134
Jul 2026160
Aug 2026179
Sep 2026122

When crime happens in Dorchester

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Dorchester happened between 2 pm and 10 pm. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 5 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 5 pm

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Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Boston Police Department; 4% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Violent crime in Dorchester by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am51621
7 am111930
8 am83543
9 am123547
10 am155469
11 am155570
12 pm195574
1 pm185775
2 pm296493
3 pm226789
4 pm3372105
5 pm3678114
6 pm2080100
7 pm216889
8 pm276996
9 pm275986
10 pm256186
11 pm194463
12 am173451
1 am282452
2 am141428
3 am81725
4 am11617
5 am51318
Total with a known time4451,0961,541
Property crime in Dorchester by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am133750
7 am195574
8 am4193134
9 am40102142
10 am41142183
11 am52146198
12 pm50141191
1 pm49143192
2 pm54157211
3 pm52122174
4 pm70152222
5 pm73160233
6 pm69153222
7 pm46129175
8 pm56120176
9 pm4988137
10 pm267096
11 pm257297
12 am214263
1 am303060
2 am142741
3 am122436
4 am133548
5 am142034
Total with a known time9292,2603,189

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. Boston
Assault and batteryViolent1,3901,145+22%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent190157+56%
HomicideViolent86.6+70%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty1,6771,381+5%
Property damage and arsonProperty671553+56%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty465383+46%
Vehicle theftProperty310255+38%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty221182+49%
Drug offensesOther502414+15%
Weapons offensesOther10687+115%

Source and dates

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Source
Boston Police Department, via Analyze Boston (dataset b973d8cb-eeb2-4e7e-99da-c92938efc9c0), aggregated by neighborhood
Window
October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
Population
121,396 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
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