East Forest Park is a neighborhood of 12,100 residents in Springfield, about 3 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is East Forest Park in Springfield safe?
Crime in East Forest Park is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than East Forest Park. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B-. Springfield as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Forest Park run from B+ to C, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 652 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Forest Park as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Forest Park scores 652.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 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: 74% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across East Forest Park run from B+ to C; every part of East Forest Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
74%26%
A or B 74%C 26%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
East Forest Park has less crime than 14 of the 16 neighborhoods in Springfield. It covers much of the East Forest Park area.
Is crime going up in Springfield?
Reported crime in Springfield as a whole has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is down 2% and property crime up 9%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.2 to 9.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 28 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
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
Violent, Springfield
Violent, US
Property, Springfield
Property, US
2016
+14%
+4%
+26%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
+14%
+12%
2018
+10%
+0%
+2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
-5%
+5%
-9%
-6%
2023
-3%
+2%
+14%
-7%
2024
-2%
-4%
+9%
-15%
Crime rates and types in East Forest Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Forest Park has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% less than the US as a whole and 59% less than Springfield as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 32% of crime reported in East Forest Park. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 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.
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)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How East Forest Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
East Forest Park has less 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 overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, East Forest Park is safer than 52% of them.
Empty homes, jobs and walkability in East Forest Park
Two things 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 and robbery.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 and assault. 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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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.39% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 97% 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 crime costs East Forest Park
Crime costs East Forest Park about $987 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 18% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $13 million a year, or $1,049 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in East Forest Park means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in East Forest Park, Springfield, MA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 26% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in East Forest Park on SchoolGrade
