"The city has never been safer. Period,” Commissioner Michael Cox said about the city's historically low 24 homicides in 2024.

Boston saw a 33% decline in homicides from last year, and Police Commissioner Michael Cox says that number "appears to be the lowest since 1957."

In a public safety milestone, Boston slashed its 2024 homicide rate to 24 killings, positioning itself as one of the safest major cities in the nation, according to officials. There were 37 homicides in the city in 2023,

Boston’s police commissioner boasted that the “city has never been safer” Friday when joining the mayor in rolling out end-of-year crime statistics that feature a record-low number of homicides and shootings.