Blackstone is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (90%) and also has a lower crime rate than 97% of the communities in Massachusetts, according to 蘑菇视频's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Blackstone is one in 658 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 44. Additionally, 蘑菇视频 analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Blackstone, and we found that the crime rate in Blackstone is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Blackstone is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding. The crime data that 蘑菇视频 used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined. Now let us turn to take a look at how Blackstone does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Blackstone. For Blackstone, 蘑菇视频 found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Blackstone than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1842, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants. Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the town, 蘑菇视频's analysis shows that Blackstone experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest. Furthermore, our research shows that motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary, and larceny are not very common in Blackstone compared to most US cities and towns. In fact, the rate of these property crimes in Blackstone is just 1 per one thousand people, far below the national average. Based on this rate, Blackstone is one of the safer communities in America with regard to incidences of property crime.