Westborough, MA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 36% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Westborough, MA shows violent crime at 225.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 801.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 36% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
225.8/100K violent
801.2/100K property
-36% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Westborough, MA
Comparable rate records
Westborough's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Westborough's 225.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Burlington (224.9), Weymouth (223.7), Great Barrington (222.3), Lee (229.4). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Westborough sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 225.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Westborough ranks 87 of 317 — above 230 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +57.0% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 172.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 225.8 in 2024 (+30.9%). The highest observed value was 225.8 in 2024 and the lowest 134.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Westborough'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.
Westborough's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.9 Census sq mi, Westborough logged 95.9 property and 27 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Westborough's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (61% of 232 offenses; mix index 4,143).
Violent offenses are 22% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.9 sq mi); 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
+21.7%
185.5 → 225.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-0.7%
806.8 → 801.2/100K
Property offenses lead Westborough's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
181
801.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
142
628.6
-
Burglary
23
101.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
16
70.8
-
Arson
1
4.4
-
Violent Crime
51
225.8
352
Aggravated Assault
33
146.1
-
Rape
16
70.8
-
Robbery
2
8.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Westborough Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Westborough property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Westborough Police Department
Reporting agency for Westborough NIBRS-participating
Westborough Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Westborough's 232 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
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In 2024, Westborough reported 51 violent crimes and 181 property crimes, for a total of 232 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Westborough?
From 2023 to 2024, Westborough's violent crime rate increased by 21.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 0.7%.
What is the most common crime in Westborough?
The most common crime type in Westborough is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.2% of all reported crimes (142 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Westborough 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 Westborough, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.