Saratoga Springs, NY is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Saratoga Springs, NY shows violent crime at 185.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,716.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% 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
185.7/100K violent
1716.5/100K property
-47% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Saratoga Springs, NY
Comparable rate records
Saratoga Springs's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New York cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Saratoga Springs's 185.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cohoes (186.4), Owego Village (187.9), Le Roy Village (189.0), Westhampton Beach Village (182.0). 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
Saratoga Springs reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New York cities
At 185.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Saratoga Springs ranks 65 of 326 — above 261 of the 325 other New York cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +207.3% 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 close to where it started
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 186.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 185.7 in 2024 (-0.5%). The highest observed value was 334.1 in 2022 and the lowest 185.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Saratoga Springs'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.
Saratoga Springs's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 28.1 Census sq mi, Saratoga Springs logged 17.5 property and 1.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Saratoga Springs's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 543 offenses; mix index 6,059).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (28.1 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
-21.8%
237.5 → 185.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.7%
1764.1 → 1716.5/100K
Property offenses lead Saratoga Springs's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NY
Property Crime
490
1716.5
1661.2
Larceny-Theft
416
1457.3
-
Burglary
67
234.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
24.5
-
Arson
1
3.5
-
Violent Crime
53
185.7
380
Aggravated Assault
27
94.6
-
Rape
16
56
-
Robbery
9
31.5
-
Murder
1
3.5
-
Saratoga Springs 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.
Saratoga Springs property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose 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
Saratoga Springs: 186 violent, 1717 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Gates Town: 157 violent, 2965 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Cicero Town: 45 violent, 987 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Newburgh: 984 violent, 1917 property per 100,000 (grade F)
New Windsor Town: 97 violent, 841 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Glen Cove: 112 violent, 468 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Jamestown: 620 violent, 2315 property per 100,000 (grade F)
East Fishkill Town: 27 violent, 405 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Orchard Park Town: 67 violent, 1004 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Saratoga Springs Police Department
Reporting agency for Saratoga Springs Summary Reporting (SRS)
Saratoga Springs Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Saratoga Springs's 543 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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 Saratoga Springs in population. Their populations run from 27,735 to 29,778, against 28,546 here. Or use our
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Saratoga Springs at 185.7/100K violent and 1,716.5/100K property - matched below outside New York (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
How many crimes were reported in Saratoga Springs?
In 2024, Saratoga Springs reported 53 violent crimes and 490 property crimes, for a total of 543 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Saratoga Springs?
From 2023 to 2024, Saratoga Springs's violent crime rate decreased by 21.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.7%.
What is the most common crime in Saratoga Springs?
The most common crime type in Saratoga Springs is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.6% of all reported crimes (416 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Saratoga Springs 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 Saratoga Springs, NY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.