Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Palmer, MA Crime Grade
How Palmer 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 Palmer, MA was 453.5 per 100,000 residents (56 incidents over a population of 12,348). That puts Palmer 39% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 49% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Palmer #3,182 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #171 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is up 21% year over year and up 43% over the last five years.
Palmer, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 453.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,182 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #171 of 186
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 21%
- 5-year change
- up 43%
- Population
- 12,348
- Reporting agency
- Palmer Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Palmer Police Department (FBI ORI MA0071500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Palmer, MA
Also known as
- Palmer Depot
Location
Along the Quaboag River 7.5 mi E of Ludlow; Town of Palmer.
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. Palmer (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Palmer 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 | 317.1(39) | 338.9(42) | 436.9(54) | 375.0(47) | 453.5(56) |
| Murder | 8.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.5(4) | 56.5(7) | 24.3(3) | 31.9(4) | 32.4(4) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 16.2(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 276.4(34) | 282.4(35) | 404.5(50) | 343.1(43) | 404.9(50) |
| Property crime | 666.7(82) | 1000.6(124) | 776.6(96) | 614.3(77) | 688.4(85) |
| Burglary | 130.1(16) | 282.4(35) | 145.6(18) | 119.7(15) | 153.9(19) |
| Larceny | 487.8(60) | 581.0(72) | 574.4(71) | 375.0(47) | 477.8(59) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 40.7(5) | 96.8(12) | 56.6(7) | 87.8(11) | 48.6(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Palmer, 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 Palmer 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 Palmer calculated?
- Palmer'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 Palmer 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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