Westfield, MA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 46% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Westfield, MA shows violent crime at 191.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 806.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 46% 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
191.4/100K violent
806.9/100K property
-46% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Westfield, MA
Comparable rate records
Westfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Massachusetts cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Westfield's 191.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sunderland (192.8), South Hadley (193.3), Avon (187.6), Mashpee (183.5). 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
Westfield sits mid-pack among comparable Massachusetts cities
At 191.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Westfield ranks 110 of 317 — above 207 of the 316 other Massachusetts cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +33.1% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 202.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 191.4 in 2024 (-5.3%). The highest observed value was 226.1 in 2022 and the lowest 191.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Westfield'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.
Westfield's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 46.3 Census sq mi, Westfield logged 7.2 property and 1.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Westfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 412 offenses; mix index 4,592).
Violent offenses are 19% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (46.3 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
-2.7%
196.8 → 191.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0%
806.9 → 806.9/100K
Property offenses lead Westfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
333
806.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
267
647
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
35
84.8
-
Burglary
31
75.1
-
Arson
4
9.7
-
Violent Crime
79
191.4
352
Aggravated Assault
66
159.9
-
Rape
9
21.8
-
Robbery
4
9.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Westfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Westfield 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
Westfield Police Department
Reporting agency for Westfield NIBRS-participating
Westfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Westfield's 412 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, Westfield reported 79 violent crimes and 333 property crimes, for a total of 412 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Westfield?
From 2023 to 2024, Westfield's violent crime rate decreased by 2.7%, and the property crime rate increased by 0%.
What is the most common crime in Westfield?
The most common crime type in Westfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.8% of all reported crimes (267 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Westfield 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 Westfield, MA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.