Most Dangerous Cities in New York

Top 50 cities (≥10,000 pop) by highest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Newburgh at 983.6/100K.

FBI UCR Highest-Crime Snapshot: New York

New York lists 50 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Newburgh at 983.6/100K violent down to Haverstraw Town at 157.4/100K on this highest-crime cut. That is a 826.2/100K spread inside the elevated cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 384.4 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Newburgh reported 276 violent and 538 property offenses on a 28,061 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 1917.3/100K sits beside the 983.6/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Newburgh, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, New York.

Newburgh offense desk

Newburgh's 2024 violent book concentrates in aggravated assault (70% of 276 Part I violent offenses; mix index 5,334).

Newburgh's violent rate fell 8.8% vs 2023 (1078.6 → 983.6 per 100K) while staying #1 on this New York highest-crime list.

Newburgh violent offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

# City GradePopulationViolent Crime RateProperty Crime Rate
1 Newburgh F 28,061 983.6/100K 1917.3/100K
2 Albany F 102,095 816.9/100K 2848.3/100K
3 Syracuse F 145,175 765.3/100K 4234.2/100K
4 Buffalo F 273,728 706.2/100K 3809.6/100K
5 New York F 8,299,271 671/100K 2368.3/100K
6 Schenectady F 68,610 645.7/100K 3129.3/100K
7 Poughkeepsie F 31,843 643.8/100K 1636.2/100K
8 Jamestown F 27,735 620.2/100K 2314.8/100K
9 Watertown F 24,029 599.3/100K 3928.6/100K
10 Rochester F 206,093 582.3/100K 3289.3/100K
11 Elmira F 26,130 547.3/100K 4137/100K
12 Mount Vernon D 70,390 544.1/100K 1459/100K
13 Binghamton F 46,378 532.6/100K 3413.3/100K
14 Utica F 63,098 527.8/100K 2949.4/100K
15 Niagara Falls D 47,296 501.1/100K 2807.8/100K
16 Troy D 50,372 470.5/100K 2773.4/100K
17 Hempstead Village C 58,013 458.5/100K 1098/100K
18 Oneida D 10,021 399.2/100K 3472.7/100K
19 Lackawanna C 19,484 395.2/100K 1560.3/100K
20 Batavia C 15,400 376.6/100K 1805.2/100K
21 Spring Valley Village C 32,973 360.9/100K 2171.5/100K
22 Watervliet C 10,108 356.2/100K 2127/100K
23 Kingston C 23,704 350.2/100K 1645.3/100K
24 Olean D 13,564 346.5/100K 3789.4/100K
25 Oswego City D 17,058 340/100K 3552.6/100K
26 Johnson City Village D 14,748 325.5/100K 3993.8/100K
27 Yonkers B 206,557 311.8/100K 1014.7/100K
28 Middletown C 30,110 308.9/100K 1205.6/100K
29 Geneva C 12,289 301.1/100K 2807.4/100K
30 Endicott Village C 13,072 290.7/100K 2891.7/100K
31 Dobbs Ferry Village C 11,254 284.3/100K 1412.8/100K
32 Dunkirk C 12,348 275.3/100K 1919.3/100K
33 Gloversville B 14,767 250.6/100K 1347.6/100K
34 Canandaigua B 10,461 248.5/100K 1491.3/100K
35 Auburn B 25,699 245.1/100K 1342.5/100K
36 Rome C 31,577 237.5/100K 2055.3/100K
37 Cortland C 17,197 226.8/100K 2954/100K
38 DeWitt Town C 25,054 211.5/100K 3548.3/100K
39 Peekskill B 25,484 208/100K 973.2/100K
40 Cheektowaga Town C 78,864 205.4/100K 3219.5/100K
41 Fulton City B 11,207 196.3/100K 1088.6/100K
42 Ithaca C 33,646 196.2/100K 3215.8/100K
43 Cohoes B 18,240 186.4/100K 1102/100K
44 Saratoga Springs B 28,546 185.7/100K 1716.5/100K
45 Poughkeepsie Town B 40,746 176.7/100K 2589.2/100K
46 Tonawanda B 14,825 168.6/100K 1133.2/100K
47 Freeport Village A 43,583 162.9/100K 915.5/100K
48 Corning B 10,621 160.1/100K 2382.1/100K
49 Glens Falls A 14,416 159.5/100K 659/100K
50 Haverstraw Town A 38,750 157.4/100K 885.2/100K

New York overview · Safest cities · National most dangerous cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.