Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Springfield, MA Crime Grade
How Springfield 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
10/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Springfield, MA was 807.0 per 100,000 residents (1,246 incidents over a population of 154,390). That puts Springfield Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 166% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks Springfield #3,599 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #183 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Springfield, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 807.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,599 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #183 of 186
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 154,390
- Reporting agency
- Springfield Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Springfield Police Department (FBI ORI MA0071800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Springfield, MA
Also known as
- Agawam
- Nayasset
- Agawome
Location
On the left bank of the Connecticut River N of the mouth of the Westfield River; City of Springfield.
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. Springfield (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Springfield 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 | 937.1(1,444) | 864.3(1,340) | 885.8(1,366) | 892.0(1,387) | 807.0(1,246) |
| Murder | 11.7(18) | 9.7(15) | 20.1(31) | 10.9(17) | 11.0(17) |
| Rape | 40.2(62) | 54.8(85) | 50.6(78) | 46.9(73) | 35.6(55) |
| Robbery | 199.2(307) | 170.9(265) | 186.7(288) | 209.0(325) | 209.9(324) |
| Aggravated assault | 685.9(1,057) | 628.8(975) | 628.3(969) | 625.1(972) | 550.6(850) |
| Property crime | 2357.6(3,633) | 2396.1(3,715) | 3001.6(4,629) | 2867.7(4,459) | 2300.0(3,551) |
| Burglary | 377.7(582) | 373.4(579) | 337.2(520) | 313.8(488) | 281.1(434) |
| Larceny | 1633.4(2,517) | 1673.1(2,594) | 1783.8(2,751) | 1859.9(2,892) | 1528.6(2,360) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 331.6(511) | 325.1(504) | 866.3(1,336) | 665.0(1,034) | 468.9(724) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Springfield, 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 Springfield 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 Springfield calculated?
- Springfield'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 Springfield 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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