What is the crime rate in Lee, MA?

In 2025, the Lee Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 30 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 247 violent and 530 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,659 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: 247
Property per 100,000: 530
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 30

Crime reported by the Lee 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	21	370	69	1,216	5,674
2024	13	229	54	953	5,666
2025	14	247	30	530	5,659

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 69 in 2023 to 30 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.

Lee against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lee	247	530
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 Lee, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lee	—	247	530
Stockbridge	4.6 mi	0	706
Lenox	4.8 mi	158	1,401
Great Barrington	7.6 mi	317	633
Becket	7.7 mi	156	260
Monterey	8.1 mi	92	277
Otis	10 mi	0	310
Pittsfield	10 mi	575	962
Hinsdale	11 mi	265	53

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 Lee include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Lee (community).

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