Safety · Cohasset

Cohasset, MA crime & safety

Cohasset's reported crime rate is well below Massachusetts's. 15 violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Cohasset compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

Reported crime, 2025

Cohasset at a glance

Violent crime
1.8
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 3
Property crime
3.4
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 10.4
Incidents reported
44
15 violent · 29 property
Since 2022
▼ 23%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Cohasset 1.8
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Cohasset 3.4
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025

CohassetMassachusetts
02468101214 2022202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearCohasset propertyMassachusetts propertyCohasset violentMassachusetts violent
20224.410.90.63.3
20235.611.51.63.3
20243.311.30.83.2
20253.410.41.83
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
24
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
2
Aggravated assault
14
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Cohasset safe

Local public safety

👮 Cohasset Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Next door

Cohasset and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
TownViolentPropertyYear
Cohasset1.83.42025
Scituate0.50.82025
Hingham1.87.12025
Hull2.44.42025

No town figures in the FBI's data: Hull, North Scituate.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 8,500, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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