Chester, MA Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Chester

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Chester_{/100k people}	Massachusetts_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	0	n/a (estimate)	2,858 (estimate)	1,938	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Chester_{/100k people}	Massachusetts_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	n/a	n/a	n/a	2.0	5.3
Rape	n/a	n/a	n/a	31.2	40.4
Robbery	n/a	n/a	n/a	78.8	102.8
Assault	n/a	n/a	n/a	265.0	248.5
Violent crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	556 (estimate)	377	386
Burglary	n/a	n/a	n/a	281.8	468.9
Theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,161.0	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	118.3	236.9
Property crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	2,302 (estimate)	1,561	2,451

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Westfield, MA	41,486	223	1,319	1,542
Lee, MA	1,809	225	1,762	1,986
Russell, MA	486	467	1,935	2,403
Blandford, MA	352	479	1,985	2,464
Huntington, MA	630	540	2,234	2,774
Pittsfield, MA	43,632	790	2,361	3,151
Chester, MA	789	556	2,302	2,858

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Chester is 1% higher than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 7.83 daily crimes that occur in Chester.
Chester is safer than 21% of the cities in the United States.
In Chester you have a 1 in 35 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Chester has decreased by 7%.

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Daily Crime In Chester (per 100,000 people)

How Safe is Chester (higher is better)

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Chester

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Chester is 1 in 180

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Chester is 1 in 44

The chance of being a victim of crime in Chester is 1 in 35

Year Over Year Crime In Chester (per 100,000 people)

Chester police department

Item	Chester	Massachusetts	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	1	11,659	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	0.7	2.2	3.3

There are a total of 1 Chester police officers. This results in 0.7 police officers per 1,000 residents which is 65.6% less than the Massachusetts average and 77.2% less than the National average.

Sex offenders in Massachusetts

State	Total offenders	Massachusetts_/100K	National_/100K
Massachusetts	3,876	61	222

There are a total of 3,876 sex offenders in Massachusetts. This yields a total of 61 sex offenders in Massachusetts per 100,000 residents which is 73% less than the national average.

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Huntsville, UT	789	191	2,318	2,508
Altona, NY	789	608	2,498	3,106
Antonito, CO	789	552	4,414	4,966
Worden, MT	789	384	2,797	3,181
Minneola, KS	789	494	3,505	3,999
Chester, MA	789	556	2,302	2,858

Source: The Chester, MA crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.