Holyoke is a city of 37,800 in Hampden County, about 7 miles north of downtown Springfield · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Holyoke?
Property crime is high in Holyoke: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 80% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades B.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 467 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
20% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Holyoke as a whole, and 80% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Holyoke scores 467.
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 Holyoke, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Holyoke, 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 Holyoke
Theft at more than double the US rate. Holyoke has 34.6 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Holyoke, 51% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Holyoke
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Holyoke to the next: 33% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 47% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Holyoke run from A- to F.
33%20%47%
A or B 33%C 20%D or F 47%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Holyoke?
Reported property crime in Holyoke has risen 15% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 37 to 43 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
HolyokeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Holyoke. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Holyoke
Property, US
2016
+34%
+15%
2017
+30%
+12%
2018
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
-8%
2021
-8%
-10%
2022
+0%
-6%
2023
+23%
-7%
2024
+15%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Holyoke
CrimeGrade™ estimates Holyoke has about 62 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for Massachusetts.
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 Holyoke, about 56% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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 Holyoke
Holyoke has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Holyoke, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 35% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
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 Holyoke and nearby cities
Holyoke has more property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Ludlow Center and Southampton have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Holyoke apart: it has a Walk Grade of C+ (42 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 47% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
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.C+ (42 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.47% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Holyoke: C- (30 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 79% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.58 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Holyoke on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Holyoke
Property crime costs Holyoke about $16 million a year, or $417 per resident and about $1,019 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.5 million
$39
Theft
$6.7 million
$177
Vehicle theft
$2.3 million
$61
Arson
$130,000
$4
Vandalism
$5.2 million
$136
Total
$16 million
$417
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.
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.
