Westfield, MA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Westfield, MA Summary

Crime in Westfield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Westfield 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 Westfield:

  • There were 412 total crimes committed in Westfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 998.3 total crimes per 100K people in Westfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Westfield is -52.89% below the national average.
  • Westfield ranks #227 safest out of 322 cities in Massachusetts.
  • Westfield ranks #4,414 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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Westfield Vs Massachusetts And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Westfield is 998.3 per 100,000 people. That's -52.89% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -30.03% lower than the Massachusetts total crime rate of 1,426.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Westfield
/ 100k People
Massachusetts
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 412 998.3 1,426.8 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 1.8 5.0
Robbery 4 9.7 36.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 66 159.9 249.3 256.0
Violent Crime 79 191.4 314.7 359.0
Burglary 31 75.1 130.3 229.0
Larceny 267 647.0 876.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 35 84.8 105.5 259.0
Property Crime 333 806.9 1,112.1 1,760.0

Westfield 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 Westfield

79
Violent Crimes
191.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-46.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 79 violent crimes in Westfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Westfield is 191.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 522.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Westfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 317.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -46.68% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -39.17% lower than the Massachusetts violent crime rate of 314.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Westfield

333
Property Crimes
806.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-54.15%
Below The National Average
  • There were 333 property crimes in Westfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Westfield is 806.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 123.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Westfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -54.15% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -27.45% lower than the Massachusetts property crime rate of 1,112.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Westfield

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
Holyoke, MA 38,232 2,016 5,273.1 4,232.1 1,041.0
Longmeadow, MA 15,881 109 686.4 591.9 94.5
Windsor Locks, CT 12,513 136 1,086.9 999.0 87.9

Westfield SnackAbility

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Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
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