Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Belchertown, MA Crime Grade
How Belchertown grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Massachusetts — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
5/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Belchertown, MA was 143.0 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 15,380). That puts Belchertown 56% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 53% below the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Belchertown #1,562 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 59% of them, and #81 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 31% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Belchertown, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 143.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,562 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #81 of 186
- Safer than
- 59% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 31%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 15,380
- Reporting agency
- Belchertown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Belchertown Police Department (FBI ORI MA0080200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Belchertown, MA
Also known as
- Belcherstown
- Equivalent Lands
- Cold Spring
- Belchers Town
Location
6 mi ENE of Granby; Town of Belchertown.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Belchertown (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Belchertown vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 138.6(21) | 124.4(19) | 195.9(30) | 208.6(32) | 143.0(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 46.2(7) | 32.7(5) | 45.7(7) | 19.6(3) | 32.5(5) |
| Robbery | 6.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 19.6(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 85.8(13) | 91.6(14) | 150.2(23) | 169.5(26) | 110.5(17) |
| Property crime | 442.3(67) | 549.8(84) | 450.7(69) | 521.5(80) | 409.6(63) |
| Burglary | 79.2(12) | 111.3(17) | 52.3(8) | 65.2(10) | 32.5(5) |
| Larceny | 323.5(49) | 392.7(60) | 378.8(58) | 378.1(58) | 318.6(49) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 39.6(6) | 32.7(5) | 19.6(3) | 78.2(12) | 45.5(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Belchertown, MA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Belchertown Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Belchertown calculated?
- Belchertown's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Massachusetts state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Massachusetts cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Belchertown Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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