What is the crime rate in Belchertown, MA?

In 2025, the Belchertown Police Department reported 22 violent crimes and 63 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 143 violent and 410 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,380 residents it serves.

Across Massachusetts the rates were 301 and 1,037.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 143
Property per 100,000: 410
Violent crimes: 22
Property crimes: 63

Crime reported by the Belchertown Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	30	196	69	451	15,311
2024	32	209	80	522	15,339
2025	22	143	63	410	15,380

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 22 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 69 in 2023 to 63 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Belchertown against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belchertown	143	410
Hampshire County	236	633
Massachusetts	301	1,037
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Belchertown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belchertown	—	143	410
Granby	5.6 mi	50	182
Ware	6.2 mi	610	374
Pelham	6.4 mi	74	0
Ludlow	7.2 mi	109	459
Palmer Town	7.9 mi	462	688
Amherst Town	8.0 mi	140	295
South Hadley	9.3 mi	184	627
Hadley	10 mi	398	3,601

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

The figures for Belchertown include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Belchertown (community).

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