Editing New Bedford, Massachusetts (section)

===Crime===
New Bedford is often described as a city with a high crime rate relative to Eastern Massachusetts. However, New Bedford in recent years as a city with its crime rate has been generally decreasing. The city's crime rate, including violent and property crime decreased by 38% from 2011 to 2020 with 4456 incidents in 2011 and 2171 incidents in 2020.<ref name="StandardTimes">{{cite news |last1=Lennon |first1=Anastasia E. |title=FBI data shows rate of reported crimes in New Bedford down nearly 40% over last decade |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/2021/03/22/new-bedfords-crime-rate-down-nearly-40-percent-according-fbi-data-and-police/4780450001/ |access-date=July 18, 2021 |publisher=Standard-Times |date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201353/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/2021/03/22/new-bedfords-crime-rate-down-nearly-40-percent-according-fbi-data-and-police/4780450001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although New Bedford's crime rate has currently been on decrease, it cannot be yet considered a safe city compared to the U.S. national average crime rate. The FBI reported a violent crime rate in New Bedford, Massachusetts, of 640 per 100,000 residents in 2019, compared to a national average of 366.7 per 100,000 residents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Patrick |title=FBI's annual crime report shows declines in violent crime in Springfield, across Massachusetts |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/fbis-annual-crime-report-shows-declines-in-violent-crime-in-springfield-across-massachusetts.html |access-date=July 18, 2021 |issue=MassLive |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729151701/https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/fbis-annual-crime-report-shows-declines-in-violent-crime-in-springfield-across-massachusetts.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Crime in the United States |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime |website=FBI: UCR |access-date=July 18, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604060919/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime |url-status=live }}</ref> An FBI report in 2020 showed burglary and breaking and entering dropped about 52% from 969 crimes in 2011 to 465 crimes in 2019.<ref name="StandardTimes" />