What is the crime rate in Northampton, MA?

In 2025, the Northampton Police Department reported 155 violent crimes and 389 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 486 violent and 1,221 property crimes per 100,000 of the 31,862 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: 486
Property per 100,000: 1,221
Violent crimes: 155
Property crimes: 389

Crime reported by the Northampton 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	110	362	334	1,098	30,422
2024	134	445	386	1,282	30,108
2025	155	486	389	1,221	31,862

Violent crimes reported went from 110 in 2023 to 155 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 334 in 2023 to 389 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.

Northampton against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Northampton	486	1,221
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 Northampton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Northampton	—	486	1,221
Easthampton	4.3 mi	112	481
Hatfield	5.2 mi	90	30
Westhampton	5.4 mi	0	61
Hadley	5.8 mi	398	3,601
Williamsburg	6.0 mi	81	446
South Hadley	6.9 mi	184	627
Whately	7.4 mi	246	246
Southampton	7.7 mi	97	486

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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