Crime in Town of Walpole, Massachusetts
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Town of Walpole at 51% below the U.S. rate per resident: 55% lower for persons crimes and 50% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.2% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Town of Walpole. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 8.5 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.4 violent, 7.1 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Town of Walpole is lower than 47% of the 193 other Massachusetts places and 60% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Town of Walpole's 16 census block groups for 26,165 residents. How Massachusetts residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 98.4%, summary counts only for 0.2% and no reporting agency of their own for 1.3% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Town of Walpole.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Town of Walpole
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 23 and 67.
- 0–5070.4%
- 50–10022.1%
- 100–2007.5%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Town of Walpole is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 11.2% in a year; across Massachusetts it fell 5.7%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Massachusetts in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Town of Walpole against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
717 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Town of Walpole's, and 172 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Town of Walpole's major-crime index is higher than 3, lower than 1 and within 15% of 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Walpole (1 mi), is about Town of Walpole's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Town of Walpole
Is Town of Walpole safe?
Town of Walpole's major-crime index is 50, 51% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 47% of the 193 other Massachusetts places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 55% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 50% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Town of Walpole?
The model expects about 223 major crimes a year in Town of Walpole, about 8.5 per 1,000 residents, 51% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Town of Walpole?
Expected major crimes in Town of Walpole are down 11.2% from a year earlier; across Massachusetts they're down 5.7%.
What are the most common crimes in Town of Walpole?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 81 a year), other larceny (about 68 a year) and aggravated assault (about 31 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Town of Walpole?
The model expects about 6 thefts from vehicles a year in Town of Walpole, 92% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Town of Walpole?
The model expects about 6 motor vehicle thefts a year in Town of Walpole, 85% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Town of Walpole safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 38 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 64 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Town of Walpole higher than the Massachusetts average?
Town of Walpole's major-crime index is 50, 33% below the Massachusetts rate per resident. Massachusetts as a whole is 74, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Town of Walpole compare with Walpole?
Walpole, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 50, about Town of Walpole's rate per resident. Town of Walpole's is 50.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Town of Walpole's figures add up its 16 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Town of Walpole has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 26,165. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Town of Walpole, Massachusetts." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ma/town-of-walpole
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