United States · MA
Boston
Includes Brookline, Framingham, Lexington, Newton, Sharon.
Safety Score
61/100
Normal for here
Based on 8 events over 60 weeks.
TribeScore
73/100
Jewish community
Based on Jewish population, synagogues, kosher food, Jewish schools, mikvah and Chabad.
How scores work. We never blend the two into one number.
- Jewish population
- 265,200
- Berman Jewish DataBank: Sheskin, Dashefsky & Comenetz, 'United States Jewish Population, 2024', American Jewish Year Book 2024 (Vol. 124, Springer 2025), Table 3 (Jewish population in the top 25 MSAs, 2024), 2024
- Synagogues
- 128
- checked 25 Oct 2026
- Kosher food
- 58
- checked 25 Oct 2026
Safety in Boston
Not safety advice. Not an emergency service.
Safety Score
61 Normal for here
Based on 8 events over 60 weeks.
Down 1 in the last 4 weeks (busier).
Few events have been reported here, so this score leans on United States as a whole.
The score compares Boston with its own recent past. Compare it only with other cities in United States.
Official figure
279 antisemitic incidents recorded in Massachusetts (calendar year (Jan-Dec 2025)).
Source: ADL (Anti-Defamation League) - Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2025, 2025.
Events in the last 12 months
| Assault | 0 |
|---|---|
| Attack or plot | 0 |
| Vandalism | 3 |
| Threat or harassment | 3 |
| Campus or institutional | 2 |
| Total | 8 |
Published events dated since 11 Nov 2025. See them in the feed.
Government travel advisory
The US State Department does not rate the United States itself.
Two questions for people who know Boston
Would you wear a Magen David here?
Not enough reports yet.
Could you be visibly observant here?
Not enough reports yet.
One answer per question per device. Results appear once 20 people have answered. Answers are opinions, not checked facts.
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Jewish places in Boston
Synagogues
128 · checked 25 Oct 2026
- Ael-Chunon Congregation 334 Village St, Millis, MA 02054, USA Source: Google Maps
- Ahavath Torah Congregation 1179 Central St, Stoughton, MA 02072, USA Source: Google Maps
- B'nai Or of Boston 50 Church St, Waltham, MA 02452, USA Source: Google Maps
- B'nai Tikvah 1301 Washington St, Canton, MA 02021, USA Source: Google Maps
- B'nai Torah MetroWest 97 Concord Rd, Wayland, MA 01778, USA Source: Google Maps
- Bais Avraham Yitzchak Lubavitch 106 Arlington St, Brighton, MA 02135, USA Source: Google Maps
- Beit Sasson: Sephardic Congregation-Newton Orthodox (Sephardi) 556 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps, Orthodox Union directory
- Beth Abraham Sephardic Synagogue 18 Williston Rd #2143, Brookline, MA 02445, USA Source: Google Maps
- Beth El Temple Center (BETC) 2 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA 02478, USA Source: Google Maps
- Beth Menachem Chabad of Newton 349 Dedham St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps
- Beth Pinchas Chassidic Center 1710 Beacon St #7, Brookline, MA 02445, USA Source: Google Maps
- Brandeis Orthodox Minyan Orthodox (Modern) 415 South St, Waltham, MA, 02454, United States Source: Orthodox Union directory
- Central Reform Temple 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad at MIT 38 Pearl St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Boston (Downtown) 16 Piedmont St, Boston, MA 02116, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center 163 Bellingham Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center For Jewish Life 129 Lake St, Arlington, MA 02474, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Jewish Center 472 High Rock St, Needham, MA 02492, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Jewish Community Center 35 Horace St, Mansfield, MA 02048, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Center 10 Marwood Dr, Andover, MA 01810, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Nashoba Valley 26 Tadmuck Rd, Westford, MA 01886, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Newton Centre 32 Loring St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Peabody Jewish Center 682 Lowell St, Peabody, MA 01960, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of the North Shore 44 Burrill St, Swampscott, MA 01907, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chai Jewish Center 576 Washington St, Canton, MA 02021, USA Source: Google Maps
- Cong. Ahabat Sholom 151 Ocean St, Lynn, MA 01902, USA Source: Google Maps
- Cong. Beth El Atereth Israel Orthodox (Modern) 561 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps, Orthodox Union directory
- Congregation Adath Sharon 18 Harding St, Sharon, MA 02067, USA Source: Google Maps
- Congregation Agudas Achim 168 Adams St, Newton, MA 02458, USA Source: Google Maps
- Congregation Ahavas Achim 53 1/2 Washington St, Newburyport, MA 01950, USA Source: Google Maps
Chabad houses
27 · checked 25 Oct 2026
- Bais Avraham Yitzchak Lubavitch 106 Arlington St, Brighton, MA 02135, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad 491 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad at MIT 38 Pearl St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad at Northeastern University - Shillman Family Chabad House 138 St Botolph St, Boston, MA 02115, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Boston 20 Park Plaza #499, Boston, MA 02116, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center 496 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center 163 Bellingham Rd, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center For Jewish Life 129 Lake St, Arlington, MA 02474, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center of Lexington 9 Burlington St, Lexington, MA 02420, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center of Natick 159 Boden Ln, Natick, MA 01760, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center of Sharon 162 N Main St, Sharon, MA 02067, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Center of Sudbury 100 Horse Pond Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad House at Brandeis 54 Turner St, Waltham, MA 02453, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Jewish Center 472 High Rock St, Needham, MA 02492, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Jewish Community Center 35 Horace St, Mansfield, MA 02048, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Lubavitch 310 N Main St, Andover, MA 01810, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Lubavitch 38-40 Banks St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Lubavitch Babcock Tower, 270 Babcock St, Boston, MA 02215, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Cape Ann 37 Main St, Gloucester, MA 01930, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Nashoba Valley 26 Tadmuck Rd, Westford, MA 01886, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Newton Centre 32 Loring St, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of Peabody Jewish Center 682 Lowell St, Peabody, MA 01960, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad of the North Shore 44 Burrill St, Swampscott, MA 01907, USA Source: Google Maps
- Chabad Shul 241 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton, MA 02135, USA Source: Google Maps
- Congregation Bais Chabad 74 Joseph Rd, Framingham, MA 01701, USA Source: Google Maps
- Harvard Chabad 38 Banks St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Source: Google Maps
- Rohr Chabad House 21 Chetwynd Rd #2, Somerville, MA 02144, USA Source: Google Maps
Kosher food
58 · checked 25 Oct 2026
- A Perfect Taste Catering 530 Washington St, Stoughton, MA 02072, USA Source: Google Maps
- Angel's Cafe Sharon 3 Post Office Square, Sharon, MA 02067, USA Source: Google Maps
- ATHENA MARKET 753 Pleasant St, Brockton, MA 02301, USA Source: Google Maps
- Babushka Deli 62 Washington St, Brighton, MA 02135, USA Source: Google Maps
- Bakey 370 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA Source: Google Maps
- Bakey | Boston Common 151 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111, USA Source: Google Maps
- Blacker's Bakeshop 543 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps
- Bonapita Catering Services 400 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446, USA Source: Google Maps
- Broadway Marketplace 468 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Source: Google Maps
- Catering By Andrew 3867 Washington St, Roslindale, MA 02131, USA Source: Google Maps
- Cheryl Ann's Bakery 1010 W Roxbury Pkwy, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA Source: Google Maps
- Dushez Kosher Catering Inc 50 Pamela Rd, Framingham, MA 01701, USA Source: Google Maps
- Evan's New York Style Deli 252 Humphrey St, Marblehead, MA 01945, USA Source: Google Maps
- Formula nutrition 25 Dickens St, Boston, MA 02122, USA Source: Google Maps
- Inna's Kitchen 547 Commonwealth Ave, Newton Centre, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps
- J.P. Licks 1312 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Source: Google Maps
- J.P. Licks Coolidge Corner, 311 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445, USA Source: Google Maps
- J.P. Licks 46 Langley Rd, Newton, MA 02459, USA Source: Google Maps
- Jejes Coffee 259 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA Source: Google Maps
- Jim's | Deli & Restaurant 371 Washington St, Brighton, MA 02135, USA Source: Google Maps
- Jimbo’s NY Diner 351-369 W Central St, Franklin, MA 02038, USA Source: Google Maps
- Kugel's Deli 855 Worcester Rd, Framingham, MA 01701, USA Source: Google Maps
- Kupel's Bakery 421 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02445, USA Source: Google Maps
- Larry Levine's Kosher Meats and Deli 474 Lowell St, Peabody, MA 01960, USA Source: Google Maps
- Lehrhaus 425 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA Source: Google Maps
- Life's A Bagel 29 Washington St, Canton, MA 02021, USA Source: Google Maps
- Louis' Deli Usdan Student Center, Waltham, MA 02453, USA Source: Google Maps
- M D Market 25 Perkins Ave, Brockton, MA 02301, USA Source: Google Maps
- Mamaleh's Delicatessen Brookline 1659 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02445, USA Source: Google Maps
- Mamaleh's Delicatessen Cambridge 15 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Source: Google Maps
Jewish schools
14 · checked 25 Oct 2026
- AHAVATH TORAH CONGREGATION Jewish (NCES Private School Survey 2023–24) 1179 CENTRAL ST, STOUGHTON, MA 02072 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL Orthodox (Torah Umesorah member) PO BOX 351004, BRIGHTON, MA 02135 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- EPSTEIN HILLEL SCHOOL Prizmah member 6 COMMUNITY RD, MARBLEHEAD, MA 01945 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- GANN ACADEMY-THE NEW JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL Prizmah member 333 FOREST ST, WALTHAM, MA 02452 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS Prizmah member 57 STANLEY AVE, WATERTOWN, MA 02472 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- MAIMONIDES Prizmah member 34 PHILBRICK RD, BROOKLINE, MA 02445 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON Prizmah member 34 SPARHAWK ST, BRIGHTON, MA 02135 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- METROWEST JEWISH DAY SCHOOL Prizmah member 50 PAMELA RD, FRAMINGHAM, MA 01701 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- SHALOH HOUSE HEBREW DAY SCHOOL Prizmah member 29 CHESTNUT HILL AVE, BRIGHTON, MA 02135 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- SOLOMON SCHECHTEE DAY SCHOOL Prizmah member 125 WELLS AVE, NEWTON, MA 02459 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- STRIAR HEBREW ACADEMY OF SHARON Prizmah member 100 AMES ST, SHARON, MA 02067 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- THE RASHI SCHOOL Prizmah member 8000 GREAT MEADOW RD, DEDHAM, MA 02026 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- TORAH ACADEMY Orthodox (Torah Umesorah member) 11 WILLISTON RD, BROOKLINE, MA 02445 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
- YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS Orthodox (Torah Umesorah member) 325 RESERVOIR RD, CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467 Source: US Private School Survey (NCES)
Mikvaot
10 · checked 25 Oct 2026
- Beth Pinchas Men'S Mikvah Orthodox 1710 Beacon St., Brookline, MA, 02146, US Source: Orthodox Union directory
- Chabad Men's Mikva 241 Chestnut Hill Ave, Brighton, MA 02135, USA Source: Google Maps
- Daughters Of Israel Orthodox 101 Washington Street, Brighton, MA, 02135, US Source: Orthodox Union directory, Google Maps
- Lubavitch Mikvah Orthodox 239 Chestnut Hill Avenue, Brighton, MA, 02135, US Source: Orthodox Union directory
- Mei Menachem Western Well Mikvah Orthodox 159 Boden Lane, Natick, MA, 01760, US Source: Orthodox Union directory
- Mikvah Bnot Yisroel Orthodox 151 Ocean St., Lynn, MA, 09102, US Source: Orthodox Union directory
- Mikvah Chevrat Nashim Orthodox 9 Dunbar Street, Sharon, MA, 02067, US Source: Orthodox Union directory, Google Maps
- Mikvah Maayanei Tova Orthodox 10 Dexter Street, Malden, MA, 02148, US Source: Orthodox Union directory
- Mikvah Mayanei Tovah Orthodox 10 Dexter Street, Malden, MA, 02148, US Source: Orthodox Union directory
- South Area Community Mikvah 578 Washington St, Canton, MA 02021, USA Source: Google Maps
Sources
| Figure | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish population | Berman Jewish DataBank: Sheskin, Dashefsky & Comenetz, 'United States Jewish Population, 2024', American Jewish Year Book 2024 (Vol. 124, Springer 2025), Table 3 (Jewish population in the top 25 MSAs, 2024) | 2024 |
| Synagogues | Google Maps, Orthodox Union directory | checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Chabad houses | Google Maps | checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Kosher food | Google Maps | checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Jewish schools | US Private School Survey (NCES) | checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Mikvaot | Orthodox Union directory, Google Maps | checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Official figure, Massachusetts | ADL (Anti-Defamation League) - Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2025 | calendar year (Jan-Dec 2025) |
| Events and Safety Score | News reports collected and grouped by us | newest 3 Nov 2026 |
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