What is the crime rate in Monson, MA?

In 2025, the Monson Police Department reported 27 violent crimes and 25 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 331 violent and 307 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,151 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: 331
Property per 100,000: 307
Violent crimes: 27
Property crimes: 25

Crime reported by the Monson 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	370	56	690	8,115
2024	34	412	39	472	8,262
2025	27	331	25	307	8,151

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 27 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 56 in 2023 to 25 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.

Monson against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Monson	331	307
Hampden County	555	1,712
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 Monson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Monson	—	331	307
Wales	5.0 mi	0	0
Hampden	5.2 mi	81	242
Wilbraham	6.1 mi	68	1,263
Brimfield	6.4 mi	107	187
Palmer Town	6.6 mi	462	688
Holland	7.9 mi	0	39
East Longmeadow	9.3 mi	164	1,285
Ludlow	9.4 mi	109	459

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 Monson include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Monson Center.

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