Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 86% per resident in Hampden from 2023 to 2025
On violence it beats 60% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 61%. All told, Hampden grades B for safety (#157 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts): less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 1.3 violent crimes and 8.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 Hampden
Hampden reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Massachusetts towns on Hampden’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Wilbraham (B−), Monson (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, closer to the middle
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hampden’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 43% of the 276 Massachusetts towns we grade, against 63% 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 Hampden’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hampden property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Hampden violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 21.3 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 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 | Hampden | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hampden’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Hampden 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
16 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.
4 violent and 12 property, as reported to the FBI by Hampden’s police.
One person died in crashes on Hampden’s roads in 2019–2023
Hampden had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Massachusetts towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hampden’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hampden’s own rate (4.0) 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.
Hampden and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Massachusetts towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden | B | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| Paxton | A | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| Wenham | A | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Lenox | B− | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| Avon | C | 1.6 | 20.4 |
| Tisbury | C− | 6.7 | 9.8 |
The five graded Massachusetts towns closest to Hampden’s population (4,960), 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 Hampden. 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 Hampden’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,953 in 2025); our figure for Hampden is 4,960 (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 Hampden
Is Hampden, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hampden reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #157 of 276 in Massachusetts. Its police reported 1.3 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 Hampden?
1.3 violent and 8.5 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 Hampden safer than Wilbraham?
Wilbraham reports more crime per resident than Hampden: Wilbraham grades B− for safety and Hampden B. Wilbraham’s police reported 1.4 violent and 12.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hampden?
Hampden’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hampden”. 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.