What is the crime rate in Westfield, MA?

In 2025, the Westfield Police Department reported 83 violent crimes and 298 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 206 violent and 738 property crimes per 100,000 of the 40,357 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: 206
Property per 100,000: 738
Violent crimes: 83
Property crimes: 298

Crime reported by the Westfield 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	80	197	328	807	40,649
2024	80	194	337	817	41,270
2025	83	206	298	738	40,357

Violent crimes reported went from 80 in 2023 to 83 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 328 in 2023 to 298 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.

Westfield against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Westfield	206	738
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 Westfield, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Westfield	—	206	738
Russell	5.2 mi	61	122
West Springfield Town	5.5 mi	424	2,364
Southwick	6.1 mi	97	475
Southampton	6.1 mi	97	486
Agawam Town	7.4 mi	307	885
Holyoke	7.7 mi	1,301	3,589
Granville	8.6 mi	130	260
Easthampton	9.8 mi	112	481

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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