East Forest Park, Springfield, MA Property Crime Rates and Maps
East Forest Park is a neighborhood of 12,100 residents in Springfield, about 3 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in East Forest Park?
East Forest Park grades B- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Theft makes up 48% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades C+. Springfield as a whole grades C for property crime.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 563 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than East Forest Park as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Forest Park scores 563.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in East Forest Park, Springfield, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Forest Park in Springfield, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in East Forest Park
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Springfield as a whole, 41% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How East Forest Park compares within Springfield
Most of East Forest Park grades well for property crime: 70% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 11% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across East Forest Park run from B to D+.
70%19%11%
A or B 70%C 19%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
East Forest Park has less property crime than 13 of the 16 neighborhoods in Springfield. It covers much of the East Forest Park area.
Is property crime going up in Springfield?
Reported property crime in Springfield as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 9%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 26 to 28 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
SpringfieldUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Springfield. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Springfield
Property, US
2016
+26%
+15%
2017
+14%
+12%
2018
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
-8%
2021
-11%
-10%
2022
-9%
-6%
2023
+14%
-7%
2024
+9%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in East Forest Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Forest Park has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 51% less than Springfield as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in East Forest Park, about 48% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Springfield
The Springfield Police Department polices East Forest Park; these figures cover Springfield as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Springfield as a whole, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 38% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in East Forest Park and nearby neighborhoods
East Forest Park has less property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Sixteen Acres has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from East Forest Park. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, East Forest Park has more property crime than 52% of them.
Empty homes, jobs and walkability in East Forest Park
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set East Forest Park apart: it has 1.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 5 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.5 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.1.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs East Forest Park
Property crime costs East Forest Park about $1.8 million a year, or $153 per resident and about $430 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. East Forest Park is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
