Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Pittsfield, MA Crime Grade
How Pittsfield 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Pittsfield, MA was 511.3 per 100,000 residents (219 incidents over a population of 42,835). That puts Pittsfield Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 65% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 309.9.
That ranks Pittsfield #3,297 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 13% of them, and #175 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
Pittsfield, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 511.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,297 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #175 of 186
- Safer than
- 13% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 42,835
- Reporting agency
- Pittsfield Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pittsfield Police Department (FBI ORI MA0022200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pittsfield, MA
Also known as
- Wendells Town
- Boston Plantation
- Pontoosuck
- Pontoosuc
- Poontoosuck
Location
On the East and West Branches Housatonic River; City of Pittsfield.
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. Pittsfield (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pittsfield vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 819.3(343) | 664.2(276) | 749.5(326) | 647.7(279) | 511.3(219) |
| Murder | 2.4(1) | 2.4(1) | 6.9(3) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(2) |
| Rape | 88.4(37) | 86.6(36) | 94.3(41) | 85.9(37) | 98.1(42) |
| Robbery | 81.2(34) | 67.4(28) | 73.6(32) | 46.4(20) | 28.0(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 647.3(271) | 507.7(211) | 574.8(250) | 515.3(222) | 380.5(163) |
| Property crime | 1607.5(673) | 1609.9(669) | 1618.5(704) | 1309.3(564) | 1244.3(533) |
| Burglary | 554.2(232) | 546.3(227) | 531.1(231) | 424.8(183) | 385.2(165) |
| Larceny | 883.8(370) | 885.6(368) | 901.2(392) | 731.2(315) | 758.7(325) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 150.5(63) | 154.0(64) | 165.5(72) | 141.6(61) | 98.1(42) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pittsfield, 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 Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield calculated?
- Pittsfield'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 Pittsfield 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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