Melrose has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Melrose is 1 in 147. How does Melrose fare compared to other communities in Massachusetts of all population sizes? Melrose's crime rate is lower than approximately 52% of Massachusetts communities. It is for these reasons that Melrose is ranked as one of the <a href="/blog/top100safest">top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.</a> However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Melrose has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Melrose is actually safer than most according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data. 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 Melrose 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 Melrose. 蘑菇视频's research shows that Melrose's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Melrose is one in 716. Moreover, the rate of property crime in Melrose; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 5 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.