Violent Crime
Maynard's violent crime rate has run consistently below the Massachusetts average for the past decade, and Massachusetts itself runs below the national rate. In raw terms, the police department logs roughly 20 to 30 violent offenses in a typical year, most commonly aggravated assault.
Violent Crime Rate Over Time
Offenses per 100,000 residents per year. Maynard's rate is computed from reported offense counts and ACS population.
Property Crime
Property crime is where Maynard separates most clearly from the averages: the town's rate has run between one-third and two-thirds below the state rate every year in the past decade. Larceny makes up most of the total, as it does nearly everywhere.
Property Crime Rate Over Time
Offenses per 100,000 residents per year. Maynard's rate is computed from reported offense counts and ACS population.
Reading Small-Town Crime Data
Crime statistics for a town of 10,000 behave differently than statistics for a city, and they're easy to over-read in both directions.
Small Numbers Swing
Maynard logs a few dozen offenses in most categories in a typical year. At that scale, a single bad month or one unusual incident can move the annual rate by 20 percent or more, so year-to-year jumps in the charts above usually reflect a handful of cases, not a change in the character of the town. The multi-year trend is the meaningful signal.
Rates here use Maynard's ACS population of about 10,700. Per-capita comparisons with much larger places are inherently rough.
Where the Data Comes From
These figures come from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) via the Crime Data Explorer. The Maynard Police Department has reported incident-based data since 1997, longer than most agencies; many departments nationwide only converted to NIBRS in 2021, which makes recent national comparisons noisier than the local series.
Reported crime is not all crime. Reporting rates vary by offense type, and these counts reflect what residents report and police record.
Offense counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS), Maynard Police Department, aggregated by calendar year. Massachusetts and United States rates per 100,000 as published by the FBI. Maynard's per-100,000 rate is computed against the ACS 2020–2024 population estimate (10,712) for all years shown, so early-decade rates are slightly understated relative to the smaller population then. Violent crime covers homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; property crime covers burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft.