Crime & Safety
FBI Report: How Much Violent Crime Happened in Wakefield?
The FBI has released the 2014 Unified Crime Report which features statistics for crime in Wakefield.

The FBI recently released its annual ”Crime in the United States” report, which includes information about Wakefield.
According to the report, Wakefield saw 43 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 Wakefield consisted of five rapes, six robberies, and 32 aggravated assaults.
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Other crime stats for Wakefield include 277 property crimes and one case of arson.
Nationally, violent crime decreased nationally last year by 0.2 percent from 2013, according to the report.
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