The Springfield metro area is home to 462,800 residents; Springfield itself is the third-largest city in Massachusetts · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Springfield area?
Property crime in the Springfield area runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Theft makes up 52% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades B+. The city of Springfield itself grades C for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 714 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Springfield area as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Springfield area scores 714.
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 Springfield, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Springfield area, 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 the Springfield area
One part of Springfield stands out for theft. Thefts in Forest Park, in south Springfield, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In the Springfield area, 48% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Springfield area
Property crime changes a lot from one part of the Springfield area to the next: 66% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 23% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Springfield area run from A+ to F.
66%11%23%
A or B 66%C 11%D or F 23%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Springfield
1East Forest Park, southeastCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Springfield.B+704
2Sixteen Acres, eastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Springfield.B691
3Pine Point & Boston Road, northeastCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Springfield.B-550
4East Springfield, northCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Springfield.C+500
5Liberty Heights, northwestThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Springfield.C399
8Upper Hill, Bay & Old Hill, centralCar thefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Springfield.F69
9Forest Park, southCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Springfield.F28
Neighborhood areas of the city of Springfield, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Springfield metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is property crime going up in the Springfield area?
Reported property crime in the Springfield area has held about steady since 2019, within 2%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 21 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Springfield areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Springfield area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Springfield area
Property, US
2016
+24%
+15%
2017
+18%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
-8%
2021
-14%
-10%
2022
-7%
-6%
2023
+5%
-7%
2024
-2%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Springfield area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Springfield area has about 29 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% more than the US as a whole and 81% more than 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 the Springfield area, about 52% 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 the Springfield area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Springfield area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Springfield area, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 40% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
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 the Springfield area and nearby metro areas
Of the 10 metro areas closest to the Springfield area, 9 have less property crime. The Poughkeepsie area and the Allentown area have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Springfield area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Springfield area has more property crime than 73% of them.
Night lighting, density and empty homes in the Springfield area
The Springfield area looks like a typical metro area on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.80% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 68% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.28% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% of Americans in metro areas
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.6.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 53% of Americans in metro areas
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 the Springfield area
Property crime costs the Springfield area about $97 million a year, or $209 per resident and about $522 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
$9.9 million
$21
Theft
$35 million
$77
Vehicle theft
$24 million
$52
Arson
$1.5 million
$3
Vandalism
$26 million
$56
Total
$97 million
$209
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. These figures cover the whole Springfield metro area. 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.
