What is the crime rate in Westport, MA?

In 2025, the Westport Police Department reported 24 violent crimes and 61 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 143 violent and 364 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,751 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: 143
Property per 100,000: 364
Violent crimes: 24
Property crimes: 61

Crime reported by the Westport 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	127	73	442	16,506
2024	20	119	59	351	16,811
2025	24	143	61	364	16,751

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 24 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 73 in 2023 to 61 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.

Westport against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Westport	143	364
Bristol County	333	1,031
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 Westport, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Westport	—	143	364
Tiverton	5.5 mi	133	594
Dartmouth	6.5 mi	291	1,395
Little Compton	6.9 mi	28	651
New Bedford	9.3 mi	345	1,558
Fall River	10 mi	769	1,550
Portsmouth	10 mi	41	313
Middletown	11 mi	109	650
Fairhaven	11 mi	307	738

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 Westport include the places inside it that have pages of their own: North Westport.

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