Greenfield, MA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 97% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Greenfield, MA shows violent crime at 694.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,003.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 97% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
694.6/100K violent
2003.6/100K property
+97% vs U.S.
The verdict
Greenfield earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 97% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+97%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
7th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,003.6
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Greenfield, MA
Position in the state cohort
Greenfield reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Massachusetts cities
At 694.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Greenfield ranks 7 of 317 — above 310 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +383.0% 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.
Comparable rate records
Greenfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Greenfield's 694.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ware (694.7), Tisbury (681.4), Fall River (742.9), Webster (637.7). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 498.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 694.6 in 2024 (+39.2%). The highest observed value was 694.6 in 2024 and the lowest 383.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 66.2% of reported property offenses in Greenfield, against a cohort median of 78.1%. The remainder is burglary (101) and motor vehicle theft (17). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.7% of the 470 Part I offenses reported in Greenfield for 2024, against a median of 21.4% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 4.4 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.
Property counts dominate Greenfield'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+27.4%
545 → 694.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+20.4%
1663.9 → 2003.6/100K
Property offenses lead Greenfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MA
Property Crime
349
2003.6
1101.2
Larceny-Theft
231
1326.1
-
Burglary
101
579.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
97.6
-
Arson
1
5.7
-
Violent Crime
121
694.6
308.8
Aggravated Assault
84
482.2
-
Rape
25
143.5
-
Robbery
11
63.1
-
Murder
1
5.7
-
Greenfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Greenfield property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,003.6/100K↑20.4%vs 2023
Greenfield violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
694.6/100K↑27.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
17,239
498.9
1664.8
373
2021
Comparable
17,222
383.2
1962.6
404
2022
Comparable
17,203
488.3
1703.2
377
2023
Comparable
17,249
545
1663.9
381
2024
Comparable
17,419
694.6
2003.6
470
How Greenfield sits among MA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Greenfield Police Department NIBRS-participating
Greenfield's crime figures on this page originate from Greenfield 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 Greenfield in population. Their populations run from 16,811 to 17,876, against 17,419 here. Or use our
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These Massachusetts cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Greenfield's 694.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Greenfield has a violent crime rate of 694.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2003.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Greenfield, MA safe? ▼
Greenfield receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 13/100. The violent crime rate is 97% above the national average and 125% above the Massachusetts average.
What is the population of Greenfield, MA? ▼
The reporting population for Greenfield is 17,419 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Greenfield? ▼
In 2024, Greenfield reported 121 violent crimes and 349 property crimes, for a total of 470 reported offenses.
How do Greenfield's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Greenfield recorded about one reported offense per 37 residents and one reported violent offense per 144 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Greenfield? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Greenfield's violent crime rate increased by 27.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 20.4%.
What is the most common crime in Greenfield? ▼
The most common crime type in Greenfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 49.1% of all reported crimes (231 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Greenfield 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 Greenfield, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.