Crime & Safety

FBI Report: How Much Violent Crime Happened in Peabody?

The FBI has released the 2014 Unified Crime Report which features statistics for crime in Peabody.

The FBI recently released its annual ”Crime in the United States” report, which includes information about Peabody.

According to the report, Peabody saw 140 violent crimes in 2014. Violent crime includes offenses involving force or the threat of force: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, according to the FBI.

The violent crimes in Peabody consisted of one murder or non-negligent manslaughter, seven rapes, 17 robberies, and 115 aggravated assaults.

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Other crime stats for Peabody include 882 property crimes, of which 45 were motor vehicle thefts.

Nationally, violent crime decreased nationally last year by 0.2 percent from 2013, according to the report.

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