Neighborhood Intelligence Brief

Boston, Massachusetts
Neighborhood Report

What twelve federal data sources say about living in Boston — crime, schools, flood and disaster history, the environment and the local economy, compiled into one brief. Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

86OF 100
Grade B
DwellBrief Profile Index

BThis location has an excellent overall profile. Education & Livability is a strong point (grade A).

The Index is a 0–100 summary of five environmental, disaster, climate, economy and livability indicators for a representative central address in Boston. Crime and schools are reported below as context and are not components of the Index. Every address is different — run the brief on yours.

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The Boston read
Environmental Safety
Index weight 20%
Minimal hazard risk · 0 facilities within 10 mi · AQI 28
95
Natural Disaster Risk
Index weight 25%
20 FEMA declarations on record · seismic risk moderate
72
Climate & Weather
Index weight 10%
No active weather alerts · currently 50°F
85
Economy & Affordability
Index weight 20%
Average job market · 4.7% unemployment · home/income 4.5x
75
Education & Livability
Index weight 25%
10 colleges within 25 mi · 20 K-12 schools nearby
100
Crime

Policed by Boston Police Department

FBI CDE · Agency-Level

Most neighborhood-data sites quote a city or state average. DwellBrief reports the filings of the department that actually patrols this area — Boston Police Department, 2025.

582.3Violent / 100k
+77%vs U.S.
1913.9Property / 100k
+24%vs U.S.

Crime is informational context only — a police jurisdiction is not a single block — and is not part of the Profile Index.

Schools

Public schools near Boston

NCES + EDFacts
20Schools nearby
13Elementary
0Middle
5High

Across the 18 nearby schools with published results, 2020 state assessments averaged 31% reading and 21% math proficiency. DwellBrief reports the actual federal figures — not a black-box 1–10 rating.

By the numbers
20FEMA Declarations
20Schools Profiled
+77%Violent Crime vs U.S.
86Profile Index

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The twelve sources
FEMA · Disaster Declarations EPA Envirofacts USGS Earthquakes NWS + Open-Meteo EPA AirNow FBI CDE · Agency-Level Census ACS · 5-Year BLS + FRED College Scorecard NCES + EDFacts
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Representative-address profile for Boston · compiled 2026-05-22 from public federal data. Informational only — see the disclaimer below.