Easthampton, MA carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 41% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Easthampton, MA shows violent crime at 206.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 463 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 41% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
206.5/100K violent
463/100K property
-41% vs U.S.
The verdict
Easthampton earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 41% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-41%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
44th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
463
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Easthampton, MA
Comparable rate records
Easthampton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Easthampton's 206.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Belchertown (208.6), Becket (208.7), East Longmeadow (209.4), Nantucket (202.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 30.8% of the 107 Part I offenses reported in Easthampton for 2024, against a median of 21.4% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 9.5 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 164.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 206.5 in 2024 (+25.5%). The highest observed value was 206.5 in 2024 and the lowest 133.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Easthampton sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 206.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Easthampton ranks 106 of 317 — above 211 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +43.6% against the cohort median of 143.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Easthampton's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+43.5%
143.9 → 206.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-38.9%
757.2 → 463/100K
Property offenses lead Easthampton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
74
463
1711
Larceny-Theft
54
337.9
-
Burglary
17
106.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
18.8
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
33
206.5
352
Aggravated Assault
26
162.7
-
Rape
7
43.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Easthampton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Easthampton property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
463/100K↓38.9%vs 2023
Easthampton violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
206.5/100K↑43.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
15,804
164.5
1335.1
237
2021
Comparable
15,720
133.6
712.5
133
2022
Comparable
15,914
157.1
653.5
129
2023
Comparable
15,980
143.9
757.2
144
2024
Comparable
15,983
206.5
463
107
How Easthampton sits among MA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Easthampton Police Department NIBRS-participating
Easthampton's crime figures on this page originate from Easthampton Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Massachusetts
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Massachusetts cities closest to Easthampton in population. Their populations run from 15,804 to 16,167, against 15,983 here. Or use our
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These Massachusetts cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Easthampton's 206.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Easthampton has a violent crime rate of 206.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 463 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Easthampton, MA safe? ▼
Easthampton receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 75/100. The violent crime rate is 41% below the national average and 33% below the Massachusetts average.
What is the population of Easthampton, MA? ▼
The reporting population for Easthampton is 15,983 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Easthampton? ▼
In 2024, Easthampton reported 33 violent crimes and 74 property crimes, for a total of 107 reported offenses.
How do Easthampton's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Easthampton recorded about one reported offense per 149 residents and one reported violent offense per 484 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Easthampton? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Easthampton's violent crime rate increased by 43.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 38.9%.
What is the most common crime in Easthampton? ▼
The most common crime type in Easthampton is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.5% of all reported crimes (54 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Easthampton figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Easthampton, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.