The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Westfield, MA
Westfield is a city of 40,600 in Hampden County, about 8 miles west of downtown Springfield · Updated November 2026
Is Westfield, MA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Westfield: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Westfield run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 913 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Westfield as a whole, and 29% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Westfield scores 913.
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 Westfield, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westfield, 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 Westfield
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Westfield, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.89 car thefts and 0.80 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Westfield, 66% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Westfield
Every part of Westfield where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Westfield run from A+ to B+; 84% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Westfield, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Westfield?
Reported violent crime in Westfield peaked in 2022 and has fallen 14% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 15% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 9.7 to 8.2 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WestfieldUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Westfield. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Westfield
Violent, US
Property, Westfield
Property, US
2016
+11%
+4%
+36%
+15%
2017
+29%
+4%
+40%
+12%
2018
+33%
+0%
+16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
+13%
+5%
-7%
-6%
2023
-2%
+2%
-16%
-7%
2024
-3%
-4%
-15%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Westfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westfield has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 55% less than the US as a whole and 37% less than Massachusetts.
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 39% of crime reported in Westfield. 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 Westfield
Westfield has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Westfield, 70% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (66%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (61%)
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 Westfield compares with nearby cities
Westfield has less crime than 3 of its 6 nearest cities.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Westfield
Westfield looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with 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.66% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% of US city residents
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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 62% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 61% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Westfield: D (14 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 56% 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.5.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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 Westfield
Crime costs Westfield about $460 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 62% 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 $22 million a year, or $544 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$370,000
$9
Rape
$550,000
$14
Robbery
$150,000
$4
Assault
$3.2 million
$79
Burglary
$290,000
$7
Theft
$1.4 million
$34
Vehicle theft
$550,000
$14
Arson
$66,000
$2
Vandalism
$800,000
$20
Total
$7.4 million
$181
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 Westfield 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.
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 Westfield, MA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 36% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Westfield on SchoolGrade
