Marblehead Police Analytics — Community Service Project

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Total Incidents

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Monthly Average

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Daily Average

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Top Category

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Peak Hour

Monthly Incident Volume (2022–2025)

Incidents by Category

Incidents by Hour of Day

Incidents by Day of Week

Year-over-Year Comparison

Disposition / Action Taken

Average Response Time by Category (minutes)

Average Time on Scene by Category (minutes)

Top 10 Officers by Call Volume

State & Federal Crime Data — Marblehead vs. Benchmarks

Source: FBI UCR/NIBRS, Police Scorecard, US Census Bureau. Reported Part I offenses.

Crime Rate Comparison (per 100K residents)

	Marblehead	Massachusetts	National
Total Crime	722	1,427	2,119
Violent Crime	145	315	359
Property Crime	576	1,112	1,760
Murder	0.0	1.8	5.0
Assault	107	249	256
Burglary	68	130	229
Larceny/Theft	480	876	1,272

Police Scorecard (vs. cities under 50K pop.)

Overall Score	59%
Police Funding	64% — $256/resident (FY26)
Police Violence	63% — Zero killings by police (2013-2023)
Accountability	30% — No complaints data available
Approach to Law Enforcement	81% — 72% of arrests are low-level
Officers	33 sworn (16.1 per 10K residents)
Homicides (2013-2023)	1 total, 0 unsolved
Arrests (2013-2023)	902 total (82/year avg)

Key Context

Crime rate is 66% below national average
49% below Massachusetts average
Chance of being a crime victim: 1 in 138
FY26 police budget: $5,216,914
Dispatch data shows 37,471 calls (2022-2025) but only 902 arrests over a decade — most calls don't result in arrest
72% of arrests are for low-level, non-violent offenses (DUI, disorderly, drugs)
Only 5% of arrests are for violent crime

Sources: Police Scorecard | FBI Crime Data Explorer | US Census Bureau | Town of Marblehead FY26 Budget

Incident Log

Date	Time	Call #	Category	Reason	Location	Officer	Arrived	Cleared	Duration	Action	Incident Ref

Sources

• Dispatch logs (42 PDFs): marbleheadma.gov/police — Monthly Police Logs, Jan 2022 – Jun 2025
• FBI crime data: FBI Crime Data Explorer (UCR/NIBRS)
• Police Scorecard: policescorecard.org — Marblehead
• State crime statistics: mass.gov/crime-statistics (MA TOPS system)
• Town budget: Town of Marblehead Finance Department — FY27 No-Override Budget
• Population: US Census Bureau (2020 Census, ~20,525)

Coverage: January 2022 – June 2025 | 42 monthly reports parsed | 37,471 incidents

Community service project by David Ritchie | Not affiliated with the Town of Marblehead

For informational purposes only. Data parsed programmatically from public PDFs — minor parsing errors possible.