The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Wilbraham, MA
Wilbraham is a town of 14,700 in Hampden County, about 8 miles east of downtown Springfield · Updated November 2026
Is Wilbraham, MA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Wilbraham has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 879 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wilbraham as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wilbraham scores 879.
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 Wilbraham, MA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wilbraham, 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 Wilbraham
Acts of vandalism are uncommon. Wilbraham has acts of vandalism at about half the US rate: 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Wilbraham
Every part of Wilbraham where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Wilbraham run from A+ to A-; 77% 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 Wilbraham, the east side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Wilbraham?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Wilbraham is up 14% and property crime is down 13%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 13 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WilbrahamUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Wilbraham. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Wilbraham
Violent, US
Property, Wilbraham
Property, US
2016
-14%
+4%
-24%
+15%
2017
-38%
+4%
-18%
+12%
2018
+5%
+0%
-22%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
+35%
+6%
-38%
-10%
2022
+83%
+5%
-28%
-6%
2023
+39%
+2%
-19%
-7%
2024
+14%
-4%
-13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Wilbraham
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wilbraham has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 15% 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 41% of crime reported in Wilbraham. 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.
The Wilbraham Police Department's 2024 report of burglary had a month far out of line with the rest, a sign of a data-entry error or a catch-up month, so CrimeGrade™ set it aside and used the other months.
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 Wilbraham
Wilbraham has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 79% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Homes (79%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Wilbraham compares with nearby cities
Wilbraham has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. Ludlow Center and Hampden have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, walkability and density in Wilbraham
Two things set Wilbraham apart: it has 38% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and vandalism runs low here.
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.38% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 91% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 89% 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.7.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 61% 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.5.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 52% 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 Wilbraham
Crime costs Wilbraham about $628 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 48% 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 $11 million a year, or $720 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$580,000
$40
Rape
$150,000
$10
Robbery
$39,000
$3
Assault
$1.4 million
$94
Burglary
$120,000
$8
Theft
$690,000
$47
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$14
Arson
$21,000
$1
Vandalism
$290,000
$19
Total
$3.5 million
$237
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 Wilbraham 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. Wilbraham 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 Wilbraham, MA average a SchoolGrade of C: 40% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Wilbraham on SchoolGrade
