Impact Essex County

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The rate of reported property crimes in Essex County in 2017 was 19 per 1,000 residents, just below the state rate of 21. The state and Essex County have each reduced their rates slightly from the previous year. There has been an overall reduction in Essex County's rate since 2008, when it peaked at 30.

The highest property crime rates were in the cities of Salem (40) and Lynn (30). Towns with high rates of crimes against property (over 20) included Danvers, Salisbury, Saugus, and Swampscott while Rockport, Groveland and Wenham each had the lowest rates of property crime (5 or below) in 2017.

Crimes Against Property

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Essex County, MA	13.0	16.0	19.7	20.6	20.6	22.2	23.5	29.6	30.0	29.2	28.4	27.3	26.1	26.6	23.7	22.1	21.1	19.0
Amesbury	18.5	29.6	27.3	25.6	27.0	27.6	31.0	28.7	33.0	31.3	29.1	32.6	30.1	30.1	16.3	17.6	18.0	15.9
Beverly	14.0	29.9	31.8	26.0	29.6	27.1	29.8	31.9	31.4	27.9	28.3	32.2	26.9	22.7	18.3	15.9	13.6	11.2
Gloucester		29.3	42.1	39.1	38.6	39.4	34.7	32.2	34.6	30.9	31.8	26.7	19.7	19.5	16.2	14.4	14.7	14.9
Haverhill					24.0	45.9	53.1	50.7	46.4	45.1	48.8	43.6	43.6	45.4	38.3	34.8	29.7	26.8
Lynn								53.4	55.8	52.0	46.3	48.7	45.5	42.5	41.6	39.8	36.4	30.2
Methuen			40.7	37.6	32.9	39.9	39.1	37.2	39.6	36.0	33.1	32.6	29.4	33.5	26.7	25.6	28.0	23.0
Newburyport	19.3	14.7		10.9	25.5	19.8	20.6	18.2	22.7	24.3	24.5	20.2	22.0	15.5	18.3	19.8	21.7	23.3
Peabody	39.5	43.2	51.2	47.2	44.4	41.2	42.1	41.3	46.6	47.2	44.5	45.9	39.2	35.8	29.8	18.7	24.6	21.2
Salem													16.8	49.0	47.4	48.6	42.8	40.0
Andover	21.9	21.1	21.1	19.9	18.4	21.6	20.4	18.4	20.5	20.7	16.9	14.0	14.3	12.9	12.4	14.7	12.3	14.3
Boxford	24.9	20.3	12.6	12.6	13.8	5.4	2.2	11.2	10.5	7.6	8.5	6.5	8.0	7.6	5.0	5.5	5.2	8.2
Danvers	47.6	53.3	61.0	54.9	52.1	46.9	53.1	50.7	49.3	48.3	53.0	46.8	42.3	41.0	35.9	37.6	34.2	28.2
Georgetown									0.5	15.8	15.9	16.4	17.3	16.9	16.6	11.2	14.3	12.1
Groveland	11.7	8.7	8.9	10.3	11.9	11.0	9.2	8.8	10.3	9.4	15.3	6.6	9.9	5.4	4.5	4.7	4.0	5.0
Hamilton			14.9	18.4	14.1	18.4	12.5	15.8	12.9	11.9	11.9	15.1	12.5	13.1	14.6	11.3	8.6	10.3
Ipswich		22.0	26.9	21.6	18.3	20.4	29.7	27.5	18.8	17.5	18.4	21.2	16.6	19.1	16.3	11.7	15.5	10.9
Lynnfield	26.2	23.8	26.5	25.0	26.4	30.4	29.5	36.4	28.6	29.8	33.3	36.4	18.4	17.4	11.9	13.6	12.9	13.7
Manchester								1.9	3.3	5.6	5.3	8.3	10.0	11.0	9.9	10.4	7.3	10.1
Marblehead	21.1	22.5	18.4	20.2	15.3	16.6	30.4	24.8	23.9	25.6	20.4	19.7	21.3	15.3	19.4	17.4	14.3	14.0
Merrimac			15.1	10.5	13.6	9.6	18.2	10.7	7.7	9.4	10.3	12.9	14.4	14.8	12.2	13.4	11.0	7.5
Middleton	22.8	13.0	19.4	19.9	15.6	20.8	11.5	15.6	15.8	16.2	12.2	14.5	14.4	10.4	11.6	13.7	14.7	17.6
Nahant	31.1	26.6	25.3	22.2	25.7	27.2	32.2	26.9	15.8	16.8	20.5	19.6	21.8	14.4	15.3	15.8	14.4	15.5
Newbury	18.7	14.8	15.9	4.8		13.4	0.4	13.0	13.7	12.5	14.3	12.6	13.4	11.2	10.6	9.5	9.6	11.9
North Andover	10.5	9.6	11.9	20.1	10.8	9.7	12.0	16.2	10.3	14.3	13.3	13.8	15.7	18.9	13.1	11.2	7.6	8.0
Rockport						0.8	2.6	3.7	6.3	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.4	4.1	6.1	5.3	4.7
Rowley	15.8	9.0	12.0	6.5	9.1	7.1	14.7	10.3	9.4	6.9	8.2	8.3	4.5	7.8	10.5	10.8	8.8	11.1
Salisbury	69.2	63.2	57.4	52.5	36.2	43.0	45.6	39.4	38.2	40.9	39.4	35.5	47.6	38.7	32.6	28.1	33.3	27.5
Saugus	68.0	74.9	68.3	76.2	80.9	68.1	65.0	65.6	74.7	75.3	81.4	64.0	54.5	43.4	43.3	39.6	37.6	32.6
Swampscott	18.3	21.3	18.8	19.4	26.3	31.2	29.6	32.4	26.8	26.4	23.9	17.5	23.2	27.4	27.7	25.5	22.0	22.6
Topsfield			4.2	6.6	6.7	5.7	7.1	13.7	11.5	6.8	7.2	9.7	7.2	4.5		1.4	2.6	7.5
Wenham		0.6	16.1	15.1	10.8	10.2	16.3	15.7	13.7	9.1	11.1	12.7	11.4	8.8	2.5	4.1	3.1	3.9
West Newbury	15.1	20.9	14.6	17.1	18.3	10.1	13.6	14.0	12.0	13.6	17.7	16.5	11.5	8.3	12.0	2.2	15.6	18.5
Middlesex County, MA	7.4	8.4	9.5	12.4	14.5	17.0	18.7	23.1	28.3	26.4	26.7	25.2	25.1	23.9	21.6	20.6	19.0	18.1
Massachusetts	17.4	19.4	21.2	24.6	25.2	25.8	27.8	29.6	31.5	31.0	31.1	29.8	29.2	27.7	25.2	23.4	22.2	20.6

Source: Massachusetts State Police
Notes: Rates are per 1,000 residents.

Number of Crimes Against Property

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Essex County, MA	9,435	11,721	14,466	14,081	15,060	16,229	17,214	21,706	22,095	21,670	21,127	20,502	19,729	20,309	18,292	17,181	16,334	14,717
Amesbury	305	492	455	446	444	453	507	473	547	522	474	535	497	505	281	306	314	277
Beverly	557	1,200	1,279	1,037	1,175	1,076	1,183	1,259	1,242	1,104	1,116	1,290	1,085	925	753	655	558	462
Gloucester		896	1,291	1,195	1,170	1,189	1,044	971	1,050	944	915	775	575	573	480	429	437	444
Haverhill					1,444	2,751	3,190	3,076	2,836	2,774	2,973	2,679	2,693	2,821	2,390	2,184	1,865	1,680
Lynn								4,640	4,860	4,552	4,180	4,421	4,149	3,894	3,831	3,682	3,368	2,795
Methuen			1,812	1,674	1,450	1,747	1,706	1,626	1,744	1,599	1,563	1,553	1,411	1,627	1,315	1,270	1,389	1,140
Newburyport	332	255		190	446	344	357	315	396	427	426	354	389	276	328	356	390	418
Peabody	1,911	2,116	2,536	2,328	2,203	2,082	2,150	2,119	2,395	2,439	2,281	2,367	2,032	1,866	1,558	981	1,291	1,114
Salem													709	2,088	2,029	2,084	1,834	1,713
Andover	703	684	686	701	598	708	678	611	687	696	560	474	487	448	435	518	435	505
Boxford	198	165	103	104	113	44	18	91	86	63	68	52	65	62	41	45	43	68
Danvers	1,192	1,344	1,535	1,396	1,356	1,215	1,423	1,365	1,332	1,315	1,405	1,257	1,144	1,118	994	1,046	953	784
Georgetown									4	138	130	136	145	143	141	96	123	104
Groveland	71	53	55	65	76	72	62	61	74	70	99	44	67	36	30	32	27	34
Hamilton			125	154	117	151	102	129	106	98	92	121	101	106	119	92	70	84
Ipswich		290	357	288	242	270	393	364	250	235	243	285	225	260	223	162	214	151
Lynnfield	303	277	308	289	303	345	333	412	327	358	386	427	217	216	150	174	164	175
Manchester								10	17	29	27	43	52	58	53	56	39	54
Marblehead	431	461	377	410	308	331	601	490	475	510	404	394	428	310	397	357	293	287
Merrimac			95	67	86	61	117	69	50	62	65	83	94	98	82	91	75	51
Middleton	181	112	170	166	133	181	101	139	144	150	110	132	133	98	112	133	143	171
Nahant	113	97	92	81	93	98	115	96	57	61	70	67	75	50	53	55	50	54
Newbury	126	101	109	32		91	3	88	94	86	95	85	91	77	73	66	67	83
North Andover	278	257	322	541	291	261	328	445	284	396	376	389	447	554	387	332	226	238
Rockport						6	20	28	48	29	26	26	26	24	29	44	38	34
Rowley	87	50	67	36	51	40	84	59	54	40	48	49	27	47	65	68	55	70
Salisbury	543	501	457	418	290	350	378	333	327	353	326	297	401	331	283	260	308	255
Saugus	1,777	1,970	1,801	2,002	2,130	1,800	1,734	1,769	2,047	2,103	2,167	1,730	1,489	1,205	1,206	1,108	1,053	912
Swampscott	264	309	271	278	373	439	413	451	375	372	329	243	323	382	387	369	318	327
Topsfield			26	41	41	35	43	83	70	42	44	60	45	29		9	17	49
Wenham		3	75	69	49	46	73	74	65	43	54	63	57	45	13	21	16	20
West Newbury	63	88	62	73	78	43	58	60	52	60	75	71	50	37	54	10	71	84
Middlesex County, MA	10,887	12,450	14,033	17,119	21,308	24,912	27,437	34,060	42,129	39,796	40,079	38,339	38,617	37,214	33,966	32,695	30,110	28,715
Massachusetts	110,461	124,235	136,369	150,602	162,531	166,416	179,905	192,306	205,992	204,498	203,335	196,817	194,363	184,437	168,774	157,873	149,630	138,913

Source: Massachusetts State Police

INDICATORS	TREND \| ESSEX COUNTY
Bachelor's Degree or Higher by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Early Prenatal Care by Mother's Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Preterm Births	Increasing
Infant Mortality Rate	Maintaining
Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels	Decreasing
Children Living in Poverty	Increasing
Children Living in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Child Abuse and Neglect	Increasing
Disengaged Youth	Decreasing
Live Births to Teen Mothers	Decreasing
Youth Arrests	Decreasing
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Establishments	Maintaining
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Employment	Maintaining
Tourism Spending	Increasing
Voter Participation Rate	Increasing
Charitable Contributions	Maintaining
Protected Land	Not Applicable
Days with Good Air Quality	Increasing
Beach Contamination	Decreasing
Daily Water Use per Resident	Decreasing
Crimes Against People	Increasing
Crimes Against Property	Increasing
Drug-Related Arrests	Maintaining
Reports of Domestic Violence	Increasing
Incarceration Rates	Decreasing
Recidivism	Decreasing
Households Without Vehicles	Maintaining
Means of Transportation to Work	Not Applicable
Traffic Injuries and Fatalities	Maintaining
Households With Internet Access	Increasing
Change in Total Population	Increasing
Change in Population by Age/Gender	Not Applicable
People 65 or Older Living Alone	Decreasing
People with Disabilities	Increasing
Households by Type	Not Applicable
Single-Parent Families by Gender	Not Applicable
Single-Parent Families by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Foreign-Born Population	Increasing
Language Diversity	Increasing
Change in Total Jobs	Increasing
Change in Jobs by Sector	Not Applicable
Change in Average Salary	Increasing
Change in Average Salary by Sector	Not Applicable
Average Salary by Sector	Not Applicable
Median Earnings by Occupation by Gender	Not Applicable
People Entering/Leaving County for Work	Not Applicable
Employer Size	Not Applicable
Self-Employment Revenue	Decreasing
Unemployment Rate	Increasing
Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Prekindergarten Participation	Not Applicable
Female Enrollment in School	Not Applicable
Chronically Absent Students	Increasing
Per-Student Spending	Increasing
Bullying	Maintaining
Student Performance on Grade 3 Reading	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 8 Math by Student Group	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 10 English Language Arts	Not Applicable
Student Performance on Grade 10 Math	Not Applicable
High School Cohort Graduation Rate	Increasing
High School Cohort Graduation Rate by Student Group	Not Applicable
Education Levels of Adults	Not Applicable
Income in Relation to Poverty Level	Not Applicable
People Living in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income	Decreasing
Median Household Income by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Median Household Income by Household Type	Not Applicable
Living Wage Rate by Household Type	Not Applicable
Households Receiving Temporary Assistance	Maintaining
Households Receiving Federal Food Assistance	Increasing
Participation in Food Assistance by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Earned Income Tax Credit Participation	Maintaining
Economically Disadvantaged Students	Increasing
Median Home Value	Increasing
Housing Affordability for Homeowners	Increasing
Housing Affordability for Renters	Increasing
Homeownership Rates	Maintaining
Homeownership Rates by Race/Ethnicity	Not Applicable
Homeless Persons	Increasing
People Without Health Insurance	Decreasing
Medical Care Expenses	Increasing
Prevalence of Children with Asthma	Maintaining
Prevalence of Overweight Children	Decreasing
Prevalence of Overweight Adults	Not Applicable
Diabetes Incidence	Decreasing
Chronic Disease Among Older Adults	Increasing
Cancer Incidence	Decreasing
Cancer Mortality Rate	Decreasing
Heart Disease Mortality Rate	Decreasing
Mortality Rate	Decreasing
People who Smoke	Not Applicable
Use of Illegal Drugs	Not Applicable
Youth Use of Illegal Drugs	Not Applicable
Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions	Not Applicable
Drug Overdose Mortality Rate	Increasing
Prevalence of Mental Illness	Maintaining
Suicide Rate	Maintaining

INDICATORS

TREND | ESSEX COUNTY