Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Amherst Town, NY Crime Grade
How Amherst Town grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New York — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New York
6/10
vs. New York cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Amherst Town, NY was 138.4 per 100,000 residents (174 incidents over a population of 125,750). That puts Amherst Town Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 70% below the New York statewide rate of 454.9.
That ranks Amherst Town #1,517 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 60% of them, and #84 of 140 in New York. Violent crime is up 13% year over year and up 10% over the last five years.
Amherst Town, NY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- New York Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 138.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,517 of 3,771
- NY rank
- #84 of 140
- Safer than
- 60% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 13%
- 5-year change
- up 10%
- Population
- 125,750
- Reporting agency
- Amherst Town Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Amherst Town Police Department (FBI ORI NY0145100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Amherst Town (red), New York (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Amherst Town vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 126.1(153) | 156.2(193) | 155.2(195) | 122.0(154) | 138.4(174) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.8(1) |
| Rape | 14.8(18) | 17.0(21) | 24.7(31) | 9.5(12) | 23.1(29) |
| Robbery | 32.2(39) | 35.6(44) | 39.0(49) | 17.4(22) | 19.9(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 79.1(96) | 102.0(126) | 91.5(115) | 95.1(120) | 94.6(119) |
| Property crime | 1537.5(1,865) | 1723.5(2,129) | 2009.6(2,525) | 2139.7(2,700) | 2104.2(2,646) |
| Burglary | 141.0(171) | 136.0(168) | 149.6(188) | 116.5(147) | 105.8(133) |
| Larceny | 1316.5(1,597) | 1444.2(1,784) | 1653.0(2,077) | 1757.0(2,217) | 1761.4(2,215) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 80.0(97) | 140.1(173) | 202.9(255) | 263.1(332) | 229.8(289) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Amherst Town, NY Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Amherst Town Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Amherst Town calculated?
- Amherst Town's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New York state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New York cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Amherst Town Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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