Safety · North Adams
North Adams, MA crime & safety
North Adams's reported crime rate is well above Massachusetts's. 147 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how North Adams compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
North Adams at a glance
Violent crime
11.8
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 3
Property crime
25.1
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 10.4
Incidents reported
459
147 violent · 312 property
Since 2022
▲ 5%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | North Adams property | Massachusetts property | North Adams violent | Massachusetts violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.9 | 10.9 | 10 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 25.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 25.6 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 25.1 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 3 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
268
Burglary
33
Vehicle theft
11
Aggravated assault
131
Robbery
2
Rape
12
Homicide
2
Arson
4
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps North Adams safe
Local public safety
👮 North Adams Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
North Adams and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Adams | 11.8 | 25.1 | 2025 |
| Clarksburg | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2023 |
| Williamstown | 0.2 | 5.7 | 2025 |
| Adams | 3.1 | 13.1 | 2025 |
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 12,400, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: 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. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.