According to a 24/7 Wall St report released this month, Fall River was the most dangerous city in the state and the second most dangerous in New England for 2016.
While Fall River Police and initiatives by Mayor Correia, such as a new substation, have reduced crime in the city recently, the figures indicate more reduction in crime is still needed. The mayor in his State of the City and his 2019 budget addressed the need for increasing the police force and combating the city’s drug issues that has led to some of the current crime statistics.
Here is 24/7 Wall St’s assessment of Fall River. Do you agree?
> City violent crime rate: 1,093 per 100,000
> State violent crime rate: 377 per 100,000 (23rd highest)
> City poverty rate: 22.0%
> City unemployment rate: 6.4%
The Bay State’s most dangerous city, Fall River is also New England’s second most dangerous, trailing only Hartford, Connecticut. And Fall River’s 2016 violent crime rate of 1,093 incidents per 100,000 people is nearly triple the state’s rate for that year.
Fall River is one of nearly 100 U.S. cities that adopted ShotSpotter, a technology designed to alert law enforcement about shootings in real time, as well as to share the number of shots fired, the direction they were fired, and the caliber of weapon used. Earlier this year, Fall River police announced, however, a decision to discontinue the product’s use, citing its failure effectively assist in reducing gun violence.
To see the rest of the report, go here: the-most-dangerous-city-in-every-state
Hel
May 29, 2018 at 4:43 pm
I have reached out to the Mayor be cause of drug dealing going on in my neighborhood for years now. I just don’t understand how this has continued for many years. It’s all night and day. None of them work. They all collect some kind of check. Sublet rooms in the apartment they rent. Lots of noise especially on the weekends. They use the yard and the sidewalk as a dump for their trash. The yard is always full of trash, unregistered vehicles,discarded furniture. It’s ridiculous. They really need to look into all the drug dealing going on here. They even deal drugs to the high rise on Pleasant St. Wake up Mayor CORREIA. Lots of young people dying from these drugs distributed. You want people to help you locate the dealers well do something about it when it’s brought to your attention.
Tamara
March 15, 2019 at 4:06 pm
My son moved here for a frsh start and new job. Someone sold my child fentanyl laced heroin and he died on 12/17/18. He had only been there for a couple of weeks. The sound of this place haunts me
Josh
June 24, 2019 at 1:34 pm
Sorry for your loss ?
Amanda Pavao
August 26, 2020 at 4:12 am
My heart goes out to you… My brother as well
Boricuasavage508
March 15, 2024 at 3:47 pm
Is funny that they want to add more police but the one they have are worried about who’s parking in the projects with out a parking sticker but they do reside here ..crazy while they are needed for real emergency smh
Cristina
August 13, 2019 at 1:42 am
and should be ranked the dirtiest too…the amount of garbage on the streets is astonishing.
RedPilled
May 15, 2024 at 1:09 pm
And the folks in Fall River will continue to vote for the same corrupt politicians over and over. If you want a better life for you and your children Fall River is not the place.
Suzanna
August 31, 2020 at 5:11 pm
The report we are looking at was published in 2016. I wonder what the numbers are now. I have seen so much more violence in Fall River and New Bedford recently. I think this is a national issue at this time. Violence is everywhere. This year in particular, we were hit with the pandemic – which in my opinion, was shoved under some carpet in Washington. No guidance. So politicized. Then the homicide of George Floyd and Blacks around the world had had enough of the inequalities. Black lives do matter! This uprising in the name of justice, has its place and I’m happy that it is happening. However certain politicians fave fostered the anger in the wrong ways. White Supremisists have taken hold in so many places. This does not support the Black Lives Matter in the quest for equality and justice. And the issues with blacks being killed in the streets continuous. The anger is everywhere. This has certainly been a bad year for our country. The anger has so easily turned into violence. It is horrible. vote BLUE
Frank
May 28, 2021 at 2:25 pm
Vote ” Blue”. Yea, that’s working real good.
Gavin Shaw Lepoer
May 13, 2024 at 8:14 am
Haha exactly
Marissa Rushing
January 31, 2022 at 1:11 pm
Ah, ya. Right. Seems like your attitude and viewpoint is a little skewed. What got a hold of Fall River is all pushed by the Democrat Party who are full of white supremacists!
Ron
May 7, 2024 at 3:17 pm
We have a former President who has no respect for the law, Police, Judges or the courts.
william silvia
March 7, 2024 at 8:45 am
Sadly this is a post from 6 years ago, which begs the question is crime up or down since that time?
Field of dreams
April 23, 2024 at 3:57 pm
If you build it they will come
Renier Thompson
May 11, 2024 at 5:04 pm
Fall River is what every City is facing. This Country is becoming A THIRD WORLD S*** HOLE… THANKS JOE.
Ken Paiva
May 11, 2024 at 7:32 pm
This ranking is from 2018.
Frank Tropea
May 15, 2024 at 6:27 pm
It seems ironic that the city of Lizzie Borden
or infamy has such a big problem with crime, me rdet,mayhem and drug deaths.
Well,Fall River when the industries moved out,
Poverty and social problems arise and were aggravated.
The same thing happened to Brockton,MA.
It would used to be a nice city. But when the vital shoe business and factories left the city
grew quite poor and crime-,ridden.
It was terrible. We need a Marshall Plan for America, like we did for Europe circa post WWIl
to save it from communism.
well a lot of America needs the same thing now!
Frank Tropea
May 15, 2024 at 7:15 pm
Poor cities exist in America, like,Brockton.
There should be a sort of Marshall Plan in
America for such cities and towns to be revitalize America.