State crime profile · 2024

New York Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 327 cities and 49 of 62 counties in New York (NY), ranked safest to most dangerous from 537 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

380
Violent / 100K
1,661.2
Property / 100K
327
Cities
49
Counties

New York violent crime is 380 per 100,000, 8% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, New York records 380 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 8% above the national average (about the 33rd-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 380 violent crimes per 100K
  • +8% vs. the U.S. average
  • 55,690 New York violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 66
  • 983.6/100K Newburgh rate #1 (volume #10)

How safe is New York? FBI UCR data snapshot

New York (NY) reported 75,494 violent crimes and 330,029 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 537 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 380 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1661.2 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 19,867,248. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 327 New York cities and 49 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for New York below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 383.9 to 380 per 100,000, a decline of 1%. City-level detail pages within New York include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How New York ranks nationally

New York vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

380 35th percentile among 51 U.S. states

NY 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 19,867,248 75,494 380 330,029 1661.2
2023 19,571,216 77,619 396.6 361,873 1849
2022 19,677,151 84,446 429.2 337,485 1715.1
2021 19,835,913 10,600 53.4 57,791 291.3
2020 19,336,776 70,106 362.6 271,661 1404.9
2019 19,453,561 69,403 356.8 264,666 1360.5
2018 19,542,209 68,261 349.3 280,457 1435.1
2017 19,849,399 70,408 354.7 298,022 1501.4
2016 19,745,289 74,123 375.4 304,759 1543.5
2015 19,795,791 75,022 379 317,233 1602.5
2014 19,746,227 75,803 383.9 338,986 1716.7

Cities in New York

Safest cities in New York

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Harrison Town is the safest sizeable city in New York, at 6.3 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in New York

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Newburgh reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in New York, at 983.6 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

New York recorded 55,690 violent-crime reports (#1 of 66) at 671 per 100,000 (rate #5). Newburgh recorded 276 (#10) at 983.6 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Volume #1 is not rate #1 among New York cities

Violent-crime rate per 100,000 for the count leader and the rate leader among cities with 25,000+ residents, FBI UCR 2024. Each tooltip identifies the relevant rate or volume rank; chart row is not a state rank.

/100K

What this shows New York recorded 55,690 violent-crime reports (#1 of 66) at 671 per 100,000 (rate #5). Newburgh recorded 276 (#10) at 983.6 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
New York's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. New York's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 68 882 Violent crime per 100K → 567 4,573 Property crime per 100K → New York Buffalo Yonkers Rochester SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are New York's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • New York: 671 violent, 2368 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Buffalo: 706 violent, 3810 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Yonkers: 312 violent, 1015 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Rochester: 582 violent, 3289 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Syracuse: 765 violent, 4234 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Amherst Town: 104 violent, 2058 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Ramapo Town: 75 violent, 630 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Albany: 817 violent, 2848 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Greece Town: 142 violent, 1894 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • New Rochelle: 134 violent, 1105 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Colonie Town: 113 violent, 3445 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Clarkstown Town: 95 violent, 1828 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Cheektowaga Town: 205 violent, 3220 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Mount Vernon: 544 violent, 1459 property per 100,000 (grade D)
D

New York safety livability score: 40/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    380/100K · D (35th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    1661.2/100K · D (47th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
New York 8,299,271
671
F
Buffalo 273,728
706.2
F
Yonkers 206,557
311.8
B
Rochester 206,093
582.3
F
Syracuse 145,175
765.3
F
Amherst Town 126,184
103.8
B
Ramapo Town 110,136
75.4
A
Albany 102,095
816.9
F
Greece Town 93,943
141.6
B
New Rochelle 84,960
134.2
A
Colonie Town 81,226
113.3
C
Clarkstown Town 80,087
94.9
A
Cheektowaga Town 78,864
205.4
C
Mount Vernon 70,390
544.1
D
Schenectady 68,610
645.7
F
Utica 63,098
527.8
F
White Plains 61,923
111.4
B
Southampton Town 59,965
58.4
A
Hempstead Village 58,013
458.5
C
Tonawanda Town 56,110
82
A
Troy 50,372
470.5
D
Irondequoit Town 49,336
131.7
B
Hamburg Town 47,687
52.4
A
Niagara Falls 47,296
501.1
D
Binghamton 46,378
532.6
F
Webster Town and Village 45,084
57.7
A
West Seneca Town 44,982
124.5
B
Freeport Village 43,583
162.9
A
Orangetown Town 41,682
57.6
A
Poughkeepsie Town 40,746
176.7
B
Lancaster Town 39,290
43.3
A
Haverstraw Town 38,750
157.4
A
Brighton Town 35,835
78.1
B
Riverhead Town 35,693
100.9
B
Guilderland Town 35,409
110.1
A
Bethlehem Town 34,933
31.5
A
Yorktown Town 34,899
37.3
A+
Long Beach 34,527
78.2
A+
Ithaca 33,646
196.2
C
Spring Valley Village 32,973
360.9
C
Vestal Town 32,289
46.5
B
Poughkeepsie 31,843
643.8
F
Harrison Town 31,718
6.3
A+
Newburgh Town 31,634
110.6
B
Rome 31,577
237.5
C
Wallkill Town 31,330
51.1
A
Rotterdam Town 30,518
39.3
A
Port Chester Village 30,260
76
A
Middletown 30,110
308.9
C
North Tonawanda 29,898
153.9
A
Orchard Park Town 29,778
67.2
A
East Fishkill Town 29,607
27
A+
Cicero Town 28,678
45.3
A
Gates Town 28,603
157.3
C
Saratoga Springs 28,546
185.7
B
Newburgh 28,061
983.6
F
New Windsor Town 27,811
97.1
A
Glen Cove 27,767
111.6
A
Jamestown 27,735
620.2
F
Elmira 26,130
547.3
F
Auburn 25,699
245.1
B
Peekskill 25,484
208
B
Rockville Centre Village 25,472
23.6
A+
Camillus Town and Village 25,096
51.8
A
Manlius Town 25,064
47.9
A
DeWitt Town 25,054
211.5
C
Watertown 24,029
599.3
F
Niskayuna Town 23,797
84
B
Kingston 23,704
350.2
C
Garden City Village 22,857
26.3
A+
Glenville Town 22,040
72.6
A
Southold Town 21,344
51.5
A
Hyde Park Town 21,180
56.7
A+
New Hartford Town and Village 20,546
102.2
B
Fishkill Town 20,101
14.9
A+
Ogden Town 20,082
39.8
A+
Lynbrook Village 19,976
75.1
A
Eastchester Town 19,936
20.1
A+
Port Washington 19,888
125.7
A
Plattsburgh City 19,883
130.8
B
Lackawanna 19,484
395.2
C
Saugerties Town 19,468
51.4
A+
Mamaroneck Village 19,356
108.5
A
Warwick Town 19,314
41.4
A+
Cohoes 18,240
186.4
B
Scarsdale Village 17,602
5.7
A+
Cortland 17,197
226.8
C
Oswego City 17,058
340
D
East Greenbush Town 16,371
116.1
A
Oneonta City 16,232
80.1
A
Bedford Town 16,196
24.7
A+
Rye 16,094
12.4
A+
New Paltz Town and Village 15,926
56.5
A
Floral Park Village 15,799
126.6
A
Lewiston Town and Village 15,616
44.8
A+
Batavia 15,400
376.6
C
Beacon 15,267
111.4
A
Evans Town 15,049
93
A
Kenmore Village 14,830
141.6
B
Tonawanda 14,825
168.6
B
Showing the 100 largest of 327 reporting cities. Browse all 327 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in New York

49 of 62 Census county-equivalents (79%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in New York, violent crime per 100K

The 3 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Not charted (Incomplete report): Suffolk, Westchester, Erie, Orange, Albany. Their 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.

Albany
Broome
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
Chautauqua
Chemung
Cortland
Delaware
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Fulton
Genesee
Greene
Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Montgomery
Nassau
Niagara
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orange
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Rensselaer
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
St. Lawrence
Steuben
Suffolk
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Wayne
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates

Nationwide peers for New York

Similar violent rate (~380/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,661.2/100K)

Nearby States

New Jersey
NJ
New Mexico
NM
North Carolina
NC
North Dakota
ND
Ohio
OH

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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

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