Safety · Phillipston

Phillipston, MA crime & safety

Phillipston's reported crime rate is well below Massachusetts's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Phillipston compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

Reported crime, 2025

Phillipston at a glance

Violent crime
0
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 3
Property crime
1.7
per 1,000 residents · Massachusetts 10.4
Incidents reported
3
0 violent · 3 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Phillipston 0
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Phillipston 1.7
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
2
Burglary
1
Vehicle theft
0
Aggravated assault
0
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Phillipston safe

Local public safety

👮 Phillipston 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.

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Next door

Phillipston and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
TownViolentPropertyYear
Phillipston01.72025
Templeton1.91.82025
Athol3.84.72025
Royalston00.82025

No town figures in the FBI's data: Petersham.

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 1,800, 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.

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