Crime Grade · New York

Safest Cities in New York

140 reporting New York cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 110.1 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Sleepy Hollow Village	12,088	0.0	A1/10
2	Shawangunk Town	13,424	0.0	A1/10
3	Bedford Town	16,548	6.0	A1/10
4	Rye	16,444	6.1	A1/10
5	Harrison Town	31,718	6.3	A1/10
6	Mamaroneck Town	12,234	8.2	A1/10
7	Lewisboro Town	11,836	8.4	A1/10
8	New Castle Town	17,551	11.4	A1/10
9	Fishkill Town	20,101	14.9	A1/10
10	East Hampton Town	25,765	15.5	A1/10
11	Scarsdale Village	17,997	16.7	A1/10
12	Stony Point Town	15,042	19.9	A1/10
13	Eastchester Town	19,936	20.1	A1/10
14	Rockville Centre Village	25,472	23.6	A1/10
15	Ogden Town	20,364	24.6	A1/10
16	Garden City Village	22,857	26.3	A1/10
17	East Fishkill Town	29,607	30.4	A1/10
18	East Aurora-Aurora Town	13,917	35.9	A1/10
19	Lewiston Town and Village	15,589	38.5	A1/10
20	Plattekill Town	10,344	38.7	A1/10
21	Southampton Town	60,934	39.4	A1/10
22	Camillus Town and Village	25,266	39.6	A1/10
23	Carmel Town	34,090	41.1	A1/10
24	Yorktown Town	35,573	42.2	A1/10
25	Cicero Town	28,678	45.3	A1/10
26	Lancaster Town	39,573	45.5	A1/10
27	Bethlehem Town	35,516	47.9	A1/10
28	Manlius Town	25,064	47.9	A1/10
29	North Castle Town	11,975	50.1	A1/10
30	Tarrytown Village	11,836	50.7	A1/10
31	Wallkill Town	31,330	51.1	A1/10
32	Vestal Town	32,515	52.3	A1/10
33	Saugerties Town	19,468	56.5	A1/10
34	New Paltz Town and Village	15,926	56.5	A1/10
35	Greenburgh Town	45,391	57.3	A1/10
36	Hamburg Town	48,334	57.9	A1/10
37	Hyde Park Town	21,429	60.7	A1/10
38	Warwick Town	19,384	61.9	A1/10
39	Mount Pleasant Town	25,699	62.3	A1/10
40	New Hartford Town and Village	20,611	63.1	A1/10
41	Orangetown Town	42,724	65.5	A1/10
42	Orchard Park Town	29,778	67.2	A1/10
43	Ossining Village	26,255	68.6	A1/10
44	Southold Town	21,579	69.5	A1/10
45	Ramapo Town	113,671	70.4	A1/10
46	Schodack Town	11,318	70.7	A1/10
47	Brighton Town	36,471	71.3	A1/10
48	Glenville Town	22,040	72.6	A1/10
49	Lynbrook Village	19,976	75.1	A1/10
50	Port Chester Village	30,260	76.0	A1/10
51	Woodbury Town	11,539	78.0	A1/10
52	Long Beach	34,527	78.2	A1/10
53	Niskayuna Town	23,797	84.0	A1/10
54	Kent Town	12,851	85.6	A1/10
55	Depew Village	14,851	87.5	A1/10
56	Haverstraw Town	39,610	88.4	A1/10
57	Lloyd Town	11,090	90.2	A1/10
58	Fallsburg Town	14,365	90.5	A1/10
59	Webster Town and Village	45,343	92.6	A1/10
60	Evans Town	15,049	93.0	A1/10
61	Amsterdam	18,268	93.1	A1/10
62	Tonawanda	14,949	93.7	A1/10
63	Ulster Town	12,590	95.3	A1/10
64	Beacon	15,544	96.5	A1/10
65	New Windsor Town	27,811	97.1	A1/10
66	Clarkstown Town	81,817	97.8	A1/10
67	Geddes Town	10,158	98.4	A1/10
68	Blooming Grove Town	12,729	102.1	A1/10
69	West Seneca Town	45,359	108.0	A1/10
70	Mamaroneck Village	19,356	108.5	A1/10
71	Guilderland Town	35,409	110.1	A1/10
72	Newburgh Town	31,634	110.6	A1/10
73	White Plains	61,923	111.4	A1/10
74	Glen Cove	27,767	111.6	A1/10
75	Rotterdam Town	31,096	115.8	A1/10
76	East Greenbush Town	16,371	116.1	A1/10
77	Riverhead Town	36,118	119.1	A1/10
78	Port Washington	19,888	125.7	A2/10
79	Floral Park Village	15,799	126.6	A2/10
80	Tonawanda Town	56,278	129.7	A2/10
81	Plattsburgh City	19,883	130.8	A2/10
82	Suffern Village	11,317	132.5	A2/10
83	Kenmore Village	14,877	134.4	A2/10
84	Amherst Town	125,750	138.4	A2/10
85	Irondequoit Town	50,240	139.3	A2/10
86	Colonie Town	82,328	144.5	A2/10
87	North Tonawanda	29,869	150.7	A2/10
88	Oneonta City	16,457	151.9	A2/10
89	Poughkeepsie Town	40,983	158.6	A2/10
90	Corning	10,621	160.1	A2/10
91	New Rochelle	84,960	160.1	A2/10
92	Greece Town	94,168	166.7	A2/10
93	Glens Falls	14,374	167.0	A2/10
94	Freeport Village	43,583	167.5	A2/10
95	Gates Town	28,603	171.3	A2/10
96	Saratoga Springs	28,546	185.7	A3/10
97	Cohoes	18,240	186.4	A3/10
98	Ithaca	33,646	205.1	A3/10
99	Dewitt Town	25,054	211.5	A3/10
100	Fulton City	11,202	214.2	A3/10
101	Rome	32,016	218.6	A3/10
102	Cheektowaga Town	79,099	218.7	A3/10
103	Peekskill	25,865	224.2	A3/10
104	Troy	51,004	231.4	A3/10
105	Canandaigua	10,461	248.5	A3/10
106	Oswego City	17,078	263.5	B4/10
107	Auburn	25,742	275.8	B4/10
108	Olean	13,542	280.6	B4/10
109	Middletown	30,160	281.8	B4/10
110	Dunkirk	12,348	283.4	B4/10
111	Dobbs Ferry Village	11,254	284.3	B4/10
112	Cortland	17,197	284.9	B4/10
113	Gloversville	14,767	298.0	B4/10
114	Geneva	12,289	301.1	B4/10
115	Oneida	10,004	329.9	B4/10
116	Mount Vernon	71,615	337.9	B4/10
117	Kingston	23,704	350.2	B4/10
118	Watervliet	10,108	356.2	B4/10
119	Batavia	15,045	358.9	B4/10
120	Yonkers	206,557	376.7	B5/10
121	Lackawanna	19,484	395.2	B5/10
122	Spring Valley Village	32,973	403.4	B5/10
123	Johnson City Village	14,593	411.2	B5/10
124	Endicott Village	13,090	427.8	B5/10
125	Utica	63,288	445.6	B5/10
126	Niagara Falls	47,296	522.2	C6/10
127	Watertown	23,911	539.5	C6/10
128	Binghamton	46,525	548.1	C6/10
129	Hempstead Village	58,013	548.2	C6/10
130	Lockport	20,212	573.9	C6/10
131	New York City	8,496,850	651.9	C7/10
132	Jamestown	27,461	659.1	C7/10
133	Buffalo	276,384	683.1	C7/10
134	Rochester	206,093	689.5	C7/10
135	Elmira	26,241	697.4	C7/10
136	Schenectady	69,786	697.8	C7/10
137	Poughkeepsie	31,843	709.7	C7/10
138	Syracuse	145,175	765.3	C7/10
139	Albany	102,095	917.8	D8/10
140	Newburgh	28,061	983.6	D8/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.