What is the crime rate in Westwood, MA?

In 2025, the Westwood Police Department reported 4 violent crimes and 328 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 24 violent and 1,980 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,565 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: 24
Property per 100,000: 1,980
Violent crimes: 4
Property crimes: 328

Crime reported by the Westwood 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	11	68	212	1,302	16,282
2024	7	42	192	1,160	16,551
2025	4	24	328	1,980	16,565

Violent crimes reported went from 11 in 2023 to 4 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 212 in 2023 to 328 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.

Westwood against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Westwood	24	1,980
Norfolk County	175	838
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 Westwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Westwood	—	24	1,980
Norwood	2.5 mi	123	593
Dedham	2.7 mi	212	1,507
Dover	3.9 mi	99	362
Needham	4.5 mi	79	597
Medfield	5.1 mi	74	149
Walpole	5.4 mi	133	791
Canton	5.6 mi	261	546
Wellesley	6.9 mi	50	327

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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