West Springfield, MA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 18% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Springfield, MA shows violent crime at 415.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,173.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 18% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
415.3/100K violent
3173.2/100K property
+18% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Springfield, MA
Position in the state cohort
West Springfield reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Massachusetts cities
At 415.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Springfield ranks 29 of 317 — above 288 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +188.7% 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
West Springfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Springfield's 415.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Haverhill (411.1), Barnstable (410.4), Marlborough (421.2), Auburn (408.8). 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.6% of the 1,037 Part I offenses reported in West Springfield for 2024, against a median of 21.5% across comparable Massachusetts cities — a gap of 9.9 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 471.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 415.3 in 2024 (-11.9%). The highest observed value was 585.6 in 2021 and the lowest 415.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate West Springfield'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.
West Springfield's 2024 municipal footprint
West Springfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 1,037 offenses; mix index 5,505).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-22.6%
536.4 → 415.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-0.1%
3176.6 → 3173.2/100K
Property offenses lead West Springfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MA
Property Crime
917
3173.2
1101.2
Larceny-Theft
755
2612.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
88
304.5
-
Burglary
74
256.1
-
Arson
2
6.9
-
Violent Crime
120
415.3
308.8
Aggravated Assault
91
314.9
-
Rape
16
55.4
-
Robbery
13
45
-
Murder
0
0
-
West Springfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
West Springfield property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
West Springfield Police Department
Reporting agency for West Springfield NIBRS-participating
West Springfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Springfield's 1,037 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 West Springfield in population. Their populations run from 28,375 to 29,784, against 28,898 here. Or use our
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West Springfield at 415.3/100K violent and 3,173.2/100K property - matched below outside Massachusetts (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
How many crimes were reported in West Springfield?
In 2024, West Springfield reported 120 violent crimes and 917 property crimes, for a total of 1,037 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Springfield?
From 2023 to 2024, West Springfield's violent crime rate decreased by 22.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 0.1%.
What is the most common crime in West Springfield?
The most common crime type in West Springfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.8% of all reported crimes (755 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Springfield 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 West Springfield, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.