Photo: C0shea94 · CC BY-SA 4.0Violent crime per resident is higher in East Longmeadow than in 61% of U.S. towns
Weighing it all, East Longmeadow earns C+ for safety (#225 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. By contrast, typical years here bring 2.2 violent crimes plus 13.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.0 plus 10.3 in the rest of Massachusetts. The crimes the grade counts fell 10% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 East Longmeadow
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Massachusetts towns on East Longmeadow’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Longmeadow (A−), Springfield (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, lower
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so East Longmeadow’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 41% 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 East Longmeadow’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 (2.2) 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 (13.6) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Longmeadow | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Longmeadow’s police reported 109 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.0 in the rest of Massachusetts and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Longmeadow property | Rest of Massachusetts property | East Longmeadow violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 14.7 | 10.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 1.6 | 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.
Crime in East Longmeadow 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
239 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.
27 violent and 212 property, as reported to the FBI by East Longmeadow’s police.
Six people died in crashes on East Longmeadow’s roads in 2019–2023
East Longmeadow had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Massachusetts towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of East Longmeadow’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Longmeadow’s own rate (7.3) 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.
East Longmeadow and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Longmeadow | C+ | 2.2 | 13.6 |
| Springfield | D | 8.8 | 27.5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Longmeadow | C+ | 2.2 | 13.6 |
| Duxbury | A | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| North Reading | A− | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| Northbridge | A− | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Westwood | B | 0.4 | 14.7 |
| Raynham | B− | 2.2 | 9.9 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to East Longmeadow’s population (16,581), 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 East Longmeadow. 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 East Longmeadow’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,499 in 2025); our figure for East Longmeadow is 16,581 (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 East Longmeadow
Is East Longmeadow, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Longmeadow reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #225 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 2.2 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 East Longmeadow?
2.2 violent and 13.6 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.
Is East Longmeadow safer than Springfield?
Springfield reports more crime per resident than East Longmeadow: Springfield grades D for safety and East Longmeadow C+. Springfield’s police reported 8.8 violent and 27.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Longmeadow?
East Longmeadow’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Longmeadow”. 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.