What is the crime rate in Fitchburg, MA?

In 2025, the Fitchburg Police Department reported 217 violent crimes and 582 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 515 violent and 1,381 property crimes per 100,000 of the 42,153 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: 515
Property per 100,000: 1,381
Violent crimes: 217
Property crimes: 582

Crime reported by the Fitchburg 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	193	464	440	1,059	41,566
2024	206	487	576	1,361	42,332
2025	217	515	582	1,381	42,153

Violent crimes reported went from 193 in 2023 to 217 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 440 in 2023 to 582 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.

Fitchburg against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fitchburg	515	1,381
Worcester County	305	791
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 Fitchburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fitchburg	—	515	1,381
Lunenburg	5.0 mi	75	1,039
Westminster	5.6 mi	316	269
Leominster	6.1 mi	493	1,154
Ashburnham	6.2 mi	122	412
Townsend	6.8 mi	87	325
Gardner	8.9 mi	365	758
Shirley	9.1 mi	229	158
Mason	10 mi	68	341

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

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