Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chicopee, MA Crime Grade
How Chicopee 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
10/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Chicopee, MA was 472.6 per 100,000 residents (261 incidents over a population of 55,222). That puts Chicopee Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 56% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Chicopee #3,225 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 14% of them, and #172 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 2% over the last five years.
Chicopee, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 472.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,225 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #172 of 186
- Safer than
- 14% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 2%
- Population
- 55,222
- Reporting agency
- Chicopee Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Chicopee Police Department (FBI ORI MA0070500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chicopee (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chicopee 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 | 482.5(267) | 548.3(303) | 579.5(319) | 534.3(298) | 472.6(261) |
| Murder | 5.4(3) | 7.2(4) | 1.8(1) | 9.0(5) | 3.6(2) |
| Rape | 57.8(32) | 67.0(37) | 78.1(43) | 84.3(47) | 45.3(25) |
| Robbery | 54.2(30) | 57.9(32) | 36.3(20) | 44.8(25) | 43.5(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 365.1(202) | 416.2(230) | 463.3(255) | 396.3(221) | 380.3(210) |
| Property crime | 1830.8(1,013) | 1880.0(1,039) | 1856.7(1,022) | 1816.4(1,013) | 1405.2(776) |
| Burglary | 227.7(126) | 240.7(133) | 252.5(139) | 294.1(164) | 143.1(79) |
| Larceny | 1389.8(769) | 1456.6(805) | 1398.9(770) | 1310.7(731) | 1135.4(627) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 209.6(116) | 171.9(95) | 201.7(111) | 206.2(115) | 119.5(66) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Chicopee, 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 Chicopee 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 Chicopee calculated?
- Chicopee'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 Chicopee 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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