Healthcare & Safety in Hingham
Hingham's safety picture is genuinely, honestly mixed -- a real, substantial below-national-average overall crime rate alongside a real, disclosed recent uptick, and healthcare access via the broader South Shore/Boston network.
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Learn moreA crime rate well below the national average, with a real, disclosed recent uptick
Hingham's overall crime rate (930.1 per 100,000, approximately 56% below the national average) and violent crime rate (125.9 per 100,000) both run meaningfully below national figures per FBI-derived data reviewed this pass. However, the 2023 Hingham crime rate rose approximately 40% versus 2022, and a 5-year trend reviewed this pass showed both violent and property crime rising -- a real, disclosed uptick this record does not omit.
Healthcare access via the broader South Shore network
This research pass did not identify a hospital located directly within Hingham's own town limits; residents have real, practical proximity to South Shore Hospital in neighboring Weymouth (documented elsewhere in this batch) and to the broader Boston academic-medical-center network via car, commuter rail, or the Hingham/Hull ferry.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Hingham residents generally consider the town's northeast section the safest, per sources reviewed this pass -- disclosed as resident sentiment rather than a hard, independently verified statistic. No specific area is called out as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
Key takeaways
- Hingham's overall and violent crime rates both run well below the national average per FBI-derived data reviewed this pass.
- A real, disclosed 40% year-over-year crime-rate rise in 2023, and a 5-year rising trend in violent and property crime, are part of the honest picture too.
- No hospital sits directly within Hingham; residents have real, practical access to South Shore Hospital in neighboring Weymouth and the broader Boston network.
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