Crime Grade · New York

Most Dangerous Cities in New York

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

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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.