Ithaca, NY is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 44% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Ithaca, NY shows violent crime at 196.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,215.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 44% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
196.2/100K violent
3215.8/100K property
-44% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Ithaca, NY
Comparable rate records
Ithaca's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New York cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Ithaca's 196.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fulton City (196.3), Yorkville Village (194.9), Hudson Falls Village (190.1), Canastota Village (203.0). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Ithaca reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New York cities
At 196.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Ithaca ranks 59 of 326 — above 267 of the 325 other New York cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +224.6% against the cohort median of 60.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 316.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 196.2 in 2024 (-38.1%). The highest observed value was 316.9 in 2020 and the lowest 157.3 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Ithaca's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Ithaca's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.4 Census sq mi, Ithaca logged 200.8 property and 12.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Ithaca's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 1,148 offenses; mix index 7,032).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+24.7%
157.3 → 196.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-8.5%
3515.7 → 3215.8/100K
Property offenses lead Ithaca's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NY
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,082
3215.8
1661.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
955
2838.4
-
-
Burglary
111
329.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
16
47.6
-
-
Arson
3
8.9
-
-
Violent Crime
66
196.2
380
352
Aggravated Assault
43
127.8
-
-
Robbery
16
47.6
-
-
Rape
6
17.8
-
-
Murder
1
3
-
-
Ithaca Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Ithaca property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Ithaca: 196 violent, 3216 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Spring Valley Village: 361 violent, 2172 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Long Beach: 78 violent, 104 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Yorktown Town: 37 violent, 596 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Bethlehem Town: 32 violent, 962 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Vestal Town: 47 violent, 2617 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Guilderland Town: 110 violent, 1655 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Poughkeepsie: 644 violent, 1636 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Harrison Town: 6 violent, 476 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Ithaca Police Department
Reporting agency for Ithaca NIBRS-participating
Ithaca Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Ithaca's 1,148 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in New York
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In 2024, Ithaca reported 66 violent crimes and 1,082 property crimes, for a total of 1,148 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Ithaca?
From 2023 to 2024, Ithaca's violent crime rate increased by 24.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8.5%.
What is the most common crime in Ithaca?
The most common crime type in Ithaca is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.2% of all reported crimes (955 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Ithaca figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Ithaca, NY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.