West Seneca Town, NY carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 65% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Seneca Town, NY shows violent crime at 124.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,709.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% 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
124.5/100K violent
1709.6/100K property
-65% vs U.S.
The verdict
West Seneca Town earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 65% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-65%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
64th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,709.6
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Seneca Town, NY
Comparable rate records
West Seneca Town's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New York cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Seneca Town's 124.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Scotia Village (124.9), Seneca Falls Town (125.2), Suffern Village (123.7), Port Washington (125.7). 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
West Seneca Town sits mid-pack among comparable New York cities
At 124.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Seneca Town ranks 95 of 326 — above 231 of the 325 other New York cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +106.0% 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 77.1% of reported property offenses in West Seneca Town, against a cohort median of 86.4%. The remainder is burglary (73) and motor vehicle theft (103). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 130.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 124.5 in 2024 (-4.5%). The highest observed value was 148.6 in 2023 and the lowest 124.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate West Seneca 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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-16.2%
148.6 → 124.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+15.2%
1484 → 1709.6/100K
Property offenses lead West Seneca Town's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NY
Property Crime
769
1709.6
1661.2
Larceny-Theft
593
1318.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
103
229
-
Burglary
73
162.3
-
Arson
3
6.7
-
Violent Crime
56
124.5
380
Aggravated Assault
42
93.4
-
Robbery
10
22.2
-
Rape
3
6.7
-
Murder
1
2.2
-
West Seneca 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.
West Seneca Town property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,709.6/100K↑15.2%vs 2023
West Seneca Town violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
124.5/100K↓16.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
45,278
130.3
1303.1
649
2021
Insufficient reporting
45,155
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
45,119
139.6
1770.9
862
2023
Comparable
45,081
148.6
1484
736
2024
Comparable
44,982
124.5
1709.6
825
How West Seneca Town sits among NY peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
West Seneca Town Police Department NIBRS-participating
West Seneca Town's crime figures on this page originate from West Seneca Town Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New York cities closest to West Seneca Town in population. Their populations run from 40,746 to 49,336, against 44,982 here. Or use our
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These New York cities report the closest violent-crime rates to West Seneca Town's 124.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
West Seneca Town has a violent crime rate of 124.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1709.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is West Seneca Town, NY safe? ▼
West Seneca Town receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 73/100. The violent crime rate is 65% below the national average and 67% below the New York average.
What is the population of West Seneca Town, NY? ▼
The reporting population for West Seneca Town is 44,982 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in West Seneca Town? ▼
In 2024, West Seneca Town reported 56 violent crimes and 769 property crimes, for a total of 825 reported offenses.
How do West Seneca Town's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, West Seneca Town recorded about one reported offense per 55 residents and one reported violent offense per 803 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Seneca Town? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, West Seneca Town's violent crime rate decreased by 16.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 15.2%.
What is the most common crime in West Seneca Town? ▼
The most common crime type in West Seneca Town is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.9% of all reported crimes (593 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Seneca 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.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 West Seneca Town, NY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.