County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led

Wayne County, NY

At 91,283 residents, Wayne 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).

Data updated 2026-08-24

256
Property offenses
38
Violent offenses
294
Total · 2024

Wayne County, NY reported 42 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Wayne County, NY agencies reported 38 violent and 256 property offenses. That equals about 42 violent and 280 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
  • 38 violent offenses
  • 42/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Wayne County, NY

Position in the state cohort

Wayne County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New York counties

At 41.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Wayne County ranks 7 of 39 — above 32 of the 38 other New York counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +66.5% against the cohort median of 25.0. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

2024 reported record

Larceny-theft is the most reported offence in Wayne County

Of the 294 Part I offences Wayne County reported for 2024, 12.9% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 22, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 196, against a population of 91,283. New York has too few counties with a comparable 2024 submission to place this record against an in-state cohort, so it is reported on its own terms.

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 256
Burglary 36
Larceny-Theft 196
Motor Vehicle Theft 24
Arson 2
Violent Crime 38
Murder 1
Rape 9
Robbery 6
Aggravated Assault 22

Reporting Agency

Wayne County Sheriff's Office Summary Reporting (SRS)

Wayne County's crime figures on this page originate from Wayne County Sheriff's Office'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 Counties in New York

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the New York counties closest to Wayne County in population. Their populations run from 77,042 to 97,668, against 91,283 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Wayne County

Similar violent rate (~42/100K)

Similar property rate (~280/100K)

ZIP Codes in Wayne County

State atlas: New York · Compare · Rankings

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.

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