Niskayuna Town, NY has a B safety grade (73/100) with a violent crime rate of 84 per 100,000, 76% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS

Niskayuna Town, NY Crime Rate & Safety

Niskayuna Town (23,797 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then NY and national benchmarks.

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B
Safety grade
Above Average
2113.7
Property / 100K
84
Violent / 100K
24K
Population
+24%
property vs U.S.

Niskayuna Town, NY carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 76% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Niskayuna Town, NY shows violent crime at 84 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,113.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 76% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • B safety grade
  • 84/100K violent
  • 2113.7/100K property
  • -76% vs U.S.

The verdict

Niskayuna Town earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 76% below the U.S. average, placing it safer than most U.S. cities.

B
PlainCrime safety grade
-76%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
76th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,113.7
property crimes per 100K

Based on 20 reported violent incidents in a population of 23,797. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Niskayuna Town, NY

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Niskayuna Town reported 20 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 23,797. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.

Comparable rate records

Niskayuna Town's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New York cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Niskayuna Town's 84.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Kensington Village (84.2), Monroe Village (84.5), Jordan Village (83.6), Pleasantville Village (83.6). 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

Niskayuna Town sits mid-pack among comparable New York cities

At 84.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Niskayuna Town ranks 131 of 326 — above 195 of the 325 other New York cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +39.1% 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.

Offense mix

The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort

Violent offenses are 3.8% of the 523 Part I offenses reported in Niskayuna Town for 2024, against a median of 7.0% across comparable New York cities — a gap of 3.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher

Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 80.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 84.0 in 2024 (+4.7%). The highest observed value was 84.0 in 2024 and the lowest 47.0 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Property counts dominate Niskayuna Town'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.

Based on 20 reported violent incidents in a population of 23,797. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.

Property rate moved most (2023→2024)

Property Crime Rate
+13.7%
1859.7 → 2113.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.2%
83.8 → 84/100K

Property offenses lead Niskayuna Town's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 503 2113.7
Larceny-Theft 456 1916.2
Burglary 36 151.3
Motor Vehicle Theft 11 46.2
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 20 84
Aggravated Assault 16 67.2
Robbery 3 12.6
Rape 1 4.2
Murder 0 0

Niskayuna Town 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.

Niskayuna Town property crime rate trend

Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
2,113.7/100K 13.7% vs 2023
1,8001,9002,0002,1002,200 2020202220232024 2,114

Niskayuna Town violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
84/100K 0.2% vs 2023
405060708090 2020202220232024 84
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 22,428 80.3 1881.6
2021 Insufficient reporting 22,383 - -
2022 Comparable 23,403 47 2033.9
2023 Comparable 23,875 83.8 1859.7
2024 Comparable 23,797 84 2113.7

How Niskayuna Town sits among NY peers

Niskayuna Town vs. similar-size NY cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Niskayuna Town vs. similar-size NY cities, violent vs. property crime 21 647 Violent crime per 100K → 424 4,243 Property crime per 100K → Niskayuna Town SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Reporting Agency

Niskayuna Town Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)

Niskayuna Town's crime figures on this page originate from Niskayuna Town Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.

Similar-Size Cities in New York

Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New York cities closest to Niskayuna Town in population. Their populations run from 22,857 to 25,484, against 23,797 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Similar violent-crime rates in New York

These New York cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Niskayuna Town's 84/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the crime rate in Niskayuna Town, NY?
Niskayuna Town has a violent crime rate of 84 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2113.7 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Niskayuna Town, NY safe?
Niskayuna Town receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 73/100. The violent crime rate is 76% below the national average and 78% below the New York average.
What is the population of Niskayuna Town, NY?
The reporting population for Niskayuna Town is 23,797 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Niskayuna Town?
In 2024, Niskayuna Town reported 20 violent crimes and 503 property crimes, for a total of 523 reported offenses.
How do Niskayuna Town's reported offenses compare with its population?
In 2024, Niskayuna Town recorded about one reported offense per 46 residents and one reported violent offense per 1190 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Niskayuna Town?
From 2023 to 2024, Niskayuna Town's violent crime rate increased by 0.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 13.7%.
What is the most common crime in Niskayuna Town?
The most common crime type in Niskayuna Town is larceny-theft, accounting for 87.2% of all reported crimes (456 incidents in 2024).

Mid-size read: Niskayuna Town 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.

Federal sources for this mid-size row

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Niskayuna Town, NY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Niskayuna Town is scored in the mid-size municipal band (23,797 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.