What is the crime rate in Great Barrington, MA?

In 2025, the Great Barrington Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 46 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 317 violent and 633 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,263 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: 317
Property per 100,000: 633
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 46

Crime reported by the Great Barrington 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	18	249	43	594	7,235
2024	18	250	53	736	7,198
2025	23	317	46	633	7,263

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 23 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 46 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.

Great Barrington against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Great Barrington	317	633
Berkshire County	414	986
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 Great Barrington, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Great Barrington	—	317	633
Stockbridge	5.6 mi	0	706
Monterey	6.1 mi	92	277
Egremont	6.6 mi	145	0
Lee	7.6 mi	247	530
New Marlborough	9.6 mi	267	200
Lenox	11 mi	158	1,401
Otis	13 mi	0	310
Becket	13 mi	156	260

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 Great Barrington include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Great Barrington (community), Housatonic.

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