Crime & Safety in Reading, MA

Reading has a violent crime rate of 12 per 100,000 residents, 97% below the national average of 380. This breaks down to aggravated assault at 11.9 per 100,000, robbery at 0.0, rape at 0.0. The murder rate is 0.0 per 100,000 (below the national rate of 6.3). Property crime stands at 458 per 100,000, 77% below the U.S. average. This includes larceny/theft at 371, burglary at 59, vehicle theft at 28 per 100,000 residents. The county recorded 26 fatal traffic crashes. Overall, Reading receives a safety grade of D.