What is the crime rate in Pittsfield, MA?

In 2025, the Pittsfield Police Department reported 247 violent crimes and 413 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 575 violent and 962 property crimes per 100,000 of the 42,944 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: 575
Property per 100,000: 962
Violent crimes: 247
Property crimes: 413

Crime reported by the Pittsfield 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	279	648	564	1,309	43,078
2024	219	511	533	1,244	42,835
2025	247	575	413	962	42,944

Violent crimes reported went from 279 in 2023 to 247 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 564 in 2023 to 413 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.

Pittsfield against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pittsfield	575	962
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 Pittsfield, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pittsfield	—	575	962
Dalton	5.8 mi	178	130
Lenox	5.8 mi	158	1,401
Hinsdale	7.6 mi	265	53
Cheshire	9.7 mi	32	252
Lee	10 mi	247	530
Stockbridge	11 mi	0	706
Adams	14 mi	314	1,345
Becket	15 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

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