Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Reported crime per resident in Ludlow fell 35% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Ludlow grades B+ for safety (#136 of 276 graded towns in Massachusetts): less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Ludlow
1 of the 5 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Massachusetts towns on Ludlow’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Granby (A), Belchertown (B+), Wilbraham (B−), Chicopee (C−), Springfield (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Massachusetts towns, closer to the middle
Massachusetts’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Ludlow’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 276 Massachusetts towns we grade, against 70% 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 Ludlow’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 is falling
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.
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| Year | Ludlow property | Rest of Massachusetts property | Ludlow violent | Rest of Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ludlow’s police reported 84 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.
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| Year | Ludlow | Rest of Massachusetts | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
120 crimes reported in 2025
23 violent and 97 property, as reported to the FBI by Ludlow’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Ludlow’s roads in 2019–2023
Ludlow had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Massachusetts towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.2, 222 towns).
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.
Ludlow and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow | B+ | 1.3 | 6.1 |
| Wilbraham | B− | 1.4 | 12.5 |
| Springfield | D | 8.8 | 27.5 |
| Chicopee | C− | 5.4 | 16.7 |
| Belchertown | B+ | 1.8 | 4.6 |
| Granby | A | 0.5 | 3.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Ludlow. 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 Ludlow’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,153 in 2025); our figure for Ludlow is 21,279 (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 Ludlow
Is Ludlow, MA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ludlow reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #136 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 Ludlow?
1.3 violent and 6.1 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.
Is crime going up or down in Ludlow?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Ludlow safer than Wilbraham?
Wilbraham reports more crime per resident than Ludlow: Wilbraham grades B− for safety and Ludlow B+. Wilbraham’s police reported 1.4 violent and 12.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ludlow?
Ludlow’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ludlow”. 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.