Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West Springfield, MA Crime Grade
How West 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Massachusetts
9/10
vs. Massachusetts cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in West Springfield, MA was 420.4 per 100,000 residents (122 incidents over a population of 29,018). That puts West Springfield Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% above the Massachusetts statewide rate of 303.5.
That ranks West Springfield #3,098 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #165 of 186 in Massachusetts. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
West Springfield, MA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Massachusetts Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 420.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,098 of 3,771
- MA rank
- #165 of 186
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 29,018
- Reporting agency
- West Springfield Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by West Springfield Police Department (FBI ORI MA0072100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About West Springfield, MA
Also known as
- Ireland
History
The community was reclassified as a City in April 2000, but retained the name Town of West Springfield.
Location
2 mi NW of the junction of the Westfield River
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. West Springfield (red), Massachusetts (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West 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 | 585.6(168) | 492.1(141) | 536.4(153) | 422.2(122) | 420.4(122) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.5(1) | 3.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 101.1(29) | 87.2(25) | 59.6(17) | 55.4(16) | 31.0(9) |
| Robbery | 80.2(23) | 59.3(17) | 66.6(19) | 45.0(13) | 17.2(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 404.4(116) | 342.0(98) | 406.7(116) | 321.8(93) | 372.2(108) |
| Property crime | 3025.7(868) | 3535.2(1,013) | 3176.6(906) | 3204.4(926) | 2343.4(680) |
| Burglary | 230.1(66) | 540.9(155) | 206.9(59) | 256.1(74) | 355.0(103) |
| Larceny | 2502.8(718) | 2729.0(782) | 2622.6(748) | 2633.4(761) | 1657.6(481) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 278.9(80) | 261.7(75) | 343.6(98) | 308.0(89) | 327.4(95) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West 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 West 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 West Springfield calculated?
- West 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 West 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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