Safety · Lancaster
Lancaster, MA crime & safety
Lancaster's reported crime rate is well below Massachusetts's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 8 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Lancaster compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Lancaster at a glance
Violent crime
0.9
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 3
Property crime
2.7
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 10.4
Incidents reported
33
8 violent · 25 property
Since 2022
▼ 39%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Lancaster property | Massachusetts property | Lancaster violent | Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 11.5 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 6.3 | 11.3 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 3 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
20
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
2
Aggravated assault
6
Robbery
1
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Lancaster safe
Local public safety
👮 Lancaster 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.
Next door
Lancaster and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2025 |
| Harvard | 0.7 | 3 | 2025 |
| Leominster | 4.9 | 11.5 | 2025 |
| Bolton | 0.9 | 4.3 | 2025 |
| Clinton | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2025 |
| Sterling | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Devens.
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 9,100, 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.