Ware, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Ware, MA Summary

Crime in Ware research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Ware over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Ware:

  • There were 106 total crimes committed in Ware in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,052.0 total crimes per 100K people in Ware.
  • The overall crime rate in Ware is -50.36% below the national average.
  • Ware ranks #234 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Ware ranks #4,588 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Ware Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Ware is 1,052.0 per 100,000 people. That's -50.36% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.27% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Ware
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 106 1,052.0 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 67 664.9 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 70 694.7 314.7 359.0
Burglary 5 49.6 130.3 229.0
Larceny 29 287.8 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 19.8 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 36 357.3 1,112.1 1,760.0

Ware Crime Compared To Massachusetts Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Massachusetts.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Ware

70
Violent Crimes
694.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
93.52%
Above The National Average
  • There were 70 violent crimes in Ware in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Ware is 694.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 143.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Ware each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 93.52% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 120.76% higher than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Ware

36
Property Crimes
357.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-79.70%
Below The National Average
  • There were 36 property crimes in Ware in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Ware is 357.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 279.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Ware each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -79.70% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.87% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Ware

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Springfield, MA 155,491 5,795 3,726.9 2,835.5 891.4
Chicopee, MA 55,770 1,298 2,327.4 1,760.8 566.6
Spencer, MA 12,130 44 362.7 280.3 82.4

Ware SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
5
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