County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Niagara County, NY
At 212,666 residents, Niagara County is a large county in New York. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Niagara County, NY reported 16 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Niagara County, NY agencies reported 34 violent and 505 property offenses. That equals about 16 violent and 238 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
34 violent offenses
16/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Niagara County, NY
Position in the state cohort
Niagara County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable New York counties
At 16.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Niagara County ranks 32 of 39 — above 7 of the 38 other New York counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -39.9% against the cohort median of 26.6. Counties 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 13.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 16.0 in 2024 (+21.4%). The highest observed value was 20.7 in 2021 and the lowest 13.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.3% of the 539 Part I offenses reported in Niagara County for 2024, against a median of 11.4% across comparable New York counties — a gap of 5.1 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.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
505
Burglary
45
Larceny-Theft
414
Motor Vehicle Theft
46
Arson
3
Violent Crime
34
Murder
1
Rape
1
Robbery
6
Aggravated Assault
26
Reporting Agency
Niagara County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Niagara County's crime figures on this page originate from Niagara County Sheriff's Office'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 Counties in New York
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.