Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Agawam Town than in 71% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade, C+ (#227 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns. Of the 5 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. The graded rate fell 30% from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 2.9 violent crimes and 11.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.0 and 10.3 in the rest of Massachusetts.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MA” is every other Massachusetts city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Agawam Town
3 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Massachusetts towns on Agawam Town’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Southwick (A−), Longmeadow (A−), Westfield (B), West Springfield Town (D), Springfield (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, lower
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Agawam Town’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 18% of the 276 Massachusetts towns we grade, against 40% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Agawam Town’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (11.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Agawam Town property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Agawam Town violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.6 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 14.2 | 10.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Massachusetts.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Agawam Town | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Agawam Town’s police reported 250 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Agawam Town per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
342 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
88 violent and 254 property, as reported to the FBI by Agawam Town’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Agawam Town’s roads in 2019–2023
Agawam Town had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died.
That is about what is typical for Massachusetts towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Agawam Town’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Agawam Town’s own rate (5.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Agawam Town and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agawam Town | C+ | 2.9 | 11.1 |
| West Springfield Town | D | 4.6 | 29.0 |
| Springfield | D | 8.8 | 27.5 |
| Southwick | A− | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| Westfield | B | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Longmeadow | A− | 1.1 | 5.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agawam Town | C+ | 2.9 | 11.1 |
| Bridgewater Town | A− | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Milton | A− | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Wakefield | A− | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| Danvers | B− | 1.3 | 14.0 |
| Saugus | C+ | 2.1 | 13.1 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to Agawam Town’s population (28,783), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Agawam Town. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Agawam Town’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,705 in 2025); our figure for Agawam Town is 28,783 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Agawam Town
Is Agawam Town, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Agawam Town reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #227 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 2.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Agawam Town?
2.9 violent and 11.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Massachusetts reports 3.0 and 10.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Agawam Town in 2025?
Agawam Town’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Agawam Town safer than West Springfield Town?
West Springfield Town reports more crime per resident than Agawam Town: West Springfield Town grades D for safety and Agawam Town C+. West Springfield Town’s police reported 4.6 violent and 29.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Agawam Town?
Agawam Town’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Agawam”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.